DOI:10.1080/10635150490264671 Out of Africa: The Slow Train to Australasia

• Main Authors: Jonathan M. Waters, Michael, S. Roy
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Indian; New Zealand; Pacific; St. Helena; Amsterdam Island
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.590.3127; http://sysbio.oxfordjournals.org/content/53/1/18.full.pdf

Abstract.—We used mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences to test biogeographic hypotheses for Patiriella exigua (Asterinidae), one of the world’s most widespread coastal sea stars. This small intertidal species has an entirely benthic life history and yet occurs in southern temperate waters of the Atla...