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Morphological and molecular evidence of heteroteuthis dagamensis in the Gulf of Mexico
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2016
ISSN
0007-4977
Abstract
Published records indicate that Heteroteuthis dispar (Ruppell, 1844) is found in the North Atlantic Ocean and that Heteroteuthis dagamensis Robson, 1924 inhabits the South Atlantic Ocean. However, specimens recently collected in the northern Gulf of Mexico (n = 123) show that H. dagamensis is the only species of the genus common in the Gulf of Mexico based on identification of male specimens. Also, comparison of DNA barcodes for three morphologically similar species of Heteroteuthis, H. dispar, H. dagamensis, and Heteroteuthis hawaiiensis (Berry, 1909) confirm that all are distinct species and indicate that H. dagamensis and H. hawaiiensis are closer genetically than either is to H. dispar.
Publisher
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
Recommended Citation
Judkins, H. L., Vecchione, M., & Rosario, K. (2016). Morphological and molecular evidence of heteroteuthis dagamensis in the Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science, 92(1), 51-57. doi:10.5343/bms.2015.1061
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