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A biting commentary: Integrating tooth characters with molecular data doubles known species diversity in a lineage of sea slugs that consume "killer algae".
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Sept 2018
Berriman John S, Ellingson Ryan A, Awbrey Jaymes D, Rico Diane M, Valdés Ángel A, Wilson Nerida G, Aguilar Andres, Herbert David G, Hirano Yayoi M, Trowbridge Cynthia D, Krug Patrick J
Abstract excerpt
Predicting biotic resistance to highly invasive strains of "killer algae" (Caulerpa spp.) requires understanding the diversity and feeding preferences of native consumers, including sea slugs in family Oxynoidae. Past studies reported low algal host specificity for Oxynoe (6 spp.) and Lobiger (4 spp.), but these taxonomically challenging slugs may represent species complexes of unrecognized specialists that...
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