Eurytemora carolleeae in the Laurentian Great Lakes revealed by phylogenetic and morphological analysis.

ABSTRACT: In the Laurentian Great Lakes, specimens of Eurytemora have been reported as E. affinis since its invasion in the late 1950s. During an intensive collection of aquatic invertebrates for morphological and molecular identification in Western Lake Erie in 2012-2013, several specimens of Eurytemora were collected. Analysis of these specimens identified them as the recently described species E. carolleeae Alekseev and Souissi 2011. This result led us to assess E. carolleeae's identifying features, geographic distribution and historical presence in the Laurentian Great Lakes in view of its recent description in 2011. Cytochrome oxidase I (COI) DNA sequences of Eurytemora specimens were identified as closer (2 - 4% different) to recently described E. c

SUBMITTER: Vasquez AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5047287 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature