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Phylogeography of a Marine Insular Endemic in the Atlantic Macaronesia: The Azorean Barnacle, Megabalanus azoricus (Pilsbry, 1916).
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Quinteiro Javier, Manent Pablo, Pérez-Diéguez Lois, González José A, Almeida Corrine, Lopes Evandro, Araújo Ricardo, Carreira Gilberto P, Rey-Méndez Manuel, González-Henríquez Nieves
Abstract excerpt
The Azorean barnacle, Megabalanus azoricus (Pilsbry, 1916), is a Macaronesian endemic whose obscure taxonomy and the unknown relationships among forms inhabiting isolated Northern Atlantic oceanic islands is investigated by means of molecular analysis herein. Mitochondrial data from the 16S rRNA and COX1 genes support its current species status, tropical ancestry, and the taxonomic homogeneity throughout its...
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