Evaluation of “Cirriformia tentaculata” (Annelida:Cirratulidae) from Japan as a Pollution Indicator in Marine Environments: Is it Truly a Single Species?
Joint press release (in Japanese) by Nagoya University, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, and Hokkaido University
Abstract
“Cirriformia tentaculata” is considered to be distributed throughout Japanese waters and is used as an indicator species of organic pollution in coastal regions. However, previous studies indicated that “C. tentaculata” from Japan contained cryptic or sibling species. In order to solve this taxonomic problem, we collected specimens of Cirriformia Hartman, 1936 from throughout Japan and conducted taxonomic analyses. Molecular phylogenetic analyses showed that the Cirriformia worms collected could be divided into twelve phylogroups. We conducted detailed morphological analyses of each phylogroup and found….
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Article inforamation
Naoto Jimi, Yoshihiro Fujiwara, Hiroshi Kajihara, Evaluation of “Cirriformia tentaculata” (Annelida:Cirratulidae) from Japan as a Pollution Indicator in Marine Environments: Is it Truly a Single Species? Species Diversity, 29, 2, 281-316（2024）
DOI: 10.12782/specdiv.29.281
