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Antarctic Arrow worms
Citation
Jennings et al. PLoS ONE 5 (4), E9949 (2010) https://doi.org/10.15468/pigt0c
Contact: Grant, Rachel

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Availability: Creative Commons License This dataset is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Description
Barcoding of Arrow Worms (Phylum Chaetognatha) from Three Oceans: Genetic Diversity and Evolution within an Enigmatic Phylum. more

Arrow worms (Phylum Chaetognatha) are abundant planktonic organisms and important predators in many food webs; yet, the classification and evolutionary relationships among chaetognath species remain poorly understood. A seemingly simple body plan is underlain by subtle variation in morphological details, obscuring the affinities of species within the phylum. Many species achieve near global distributions, spanning the same latitudinal bands in all ocean basins, while others present disjunct ranges, in some cases with the same species apparently found at both poles. To better understand how these complex evolutionary and geographic variables are reflected in the species makeup of chaetognaths, we analyze DNA barcodes of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase c subunit I (COI) gene, from 52 specimens of 14 species of chaetognaths collected mainly from the Atlantic Ocean. Barcoding analysis was highly successful at discriminating described species of chaetognaths across the phylum, and revealed little geographical structure. This barcode analysis reveals hitherto unseen genetic variation among species of arrow worms, and provides insight into some species relationships of this enigmatic group.

Scope
Themes:
Biology > Invertebrates
Keywords:
Marine/Coastal, Data, Genetic diversity, Marine Genomics, PS, Antarctica, Chaetognatha

Geographical coverage
PS, Antarctica [Marine Regions]

Temporal coverage
1 July 2010 - 2010
Unknown

Taxonomic coverage
Chaetognatha [WoRMS]

Parameters
Molecular data
Occurrence of biota

Contributor
Natural Environment Research Council; British Antarctic Survey (BAS), more

Related datasets
Published in:
AntOBIS: Antarctic Ocean Biodiversity Information System, more
(Partly) included in:
RAS: Register of Antarctic Species, more

Publication
Based on this dataset
Jennings, R.M. et al. (2010). Barcoding of Arrow worms (Phylum Chaetognatha) from three oceans: genetic diversity and evolution within an enigmatic phylum. PLoS One 5(4): e9949. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0009949, more

Dataset status: Completed
Data type: Data
Data origin: Literature research
Metadatarecord created: 2010-08-02
Information last updated: 2021-07-06
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