Molecular evidence for Lessepsian invasion of soritids (larger symbiont bearing benthic foraminifera).

ABSTRACT: The Mediterranean Sea is considered as one of the hotspots of marine bioinvasions, largely due to the influx of tropical species migrating through the Suez Canal, so-called Lessepsian migrants. Several cases of Lessepsian migration have been documented recently, however, little is known about the ecological characteristics of the migrating species and their aptitude to colonize the new areas. This study focused on Red Sea soritids, larger symbiont-bearing benthic foraminifera (LBF) that are indicative of tropical and subtropical environments and were recently found in the Israeli coast of the Eastern Mediterranean. We combined molecular phylogenetic analyses of soritids and their algal symbionts as well as network analysis of Sorites orbiculus Forskål to compare populations from the Gulf o

SUBMITTER: Merkado G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3812231 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature