Molecular Identification of Mid to Final Stage Slipper Lobster Phyllosoma Larvae of the Genus Chelarctus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Scyllaridae) Collected in the Pacific with Descriptions of Their Larval Morphology.

ABSTRACT: Morphological descriptions of phyllosoma larvae are essential for correct species identification and investigating the spatiotemporal distribution and recruitment process of spiny and slipper lobsters. Species identification of the phyllosoma larvae in the Scyllarinae subfamily is particularly difficult because of the morphological similarities among species and the scarcity of morphological information describing correct species identity. We extracted mid-to final-stage (V to VIII) phyllosoma larvae (n = 12) belonging to the subfamily Scyllarinae from several plankton samples collected in the Pacific and then performed molecular species identification using mitochondrial DNA COI and 16S rDNA sequence analyses. Three larvae collected around the Ryukyu Archipelago were identif

SUBMITTER: Ueda K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9169114 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature