Molecular analysis of Lepidopleuruscajetanus (Poli, 1791) (Polyplacophora, Leptochitonidae) from the Mediterranean and near Atlantic.

ABSTRACT: In the present paper we used a molecular data set (including mitochondrial partial 16S rRNA and COI gene sequences) to examine the genetic structure of Lepidopleuruscajetanus (Poli, 1791) (Polyplacophora, Leptochitonidae) - a distinctive shallow water chiton and member of the basal branching Lepidopleurida, which is widespread in and adjacent to the Mediterranean. The analyses of the two mt-standard marker fragments resolved two main discrete clusters reported as L.cajetanus s.s. and L.aff.cajetanus, respectively. Lepidopleuruscajetanus s.s. is widespread throughout the area under study, while the second distinct lineage apparently co-occurs on the eastern Spanish mainland coast of the Balearic Sea. This result is discussed comparing our data with those reported, in 20

SUBMITTER: Colomba M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9848924 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature