Detection of lamprey in Southernmost South America by environmental DNA (eDNA) and molecular evidence for a new species

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Nardi, Cristina Fernanda, Sánchez, Julieta, Fernandez, Daniel Alfredo, Casalinuovo, Miguel Ángel, Rojo, Javier Hernán, Chalde, Tomás
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: ENVIRONMENTAL DNA; FRESHWATER FISHES; NATIVE SPECIES; PATAGONIA; PETROMYZONTIFORMES; SUB-ANTARCTIC FISHES; TIERRA DEL FUEGO; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Antarctic; Austral; Patagonia; Pacific; New Zealand; Argentina; Julieta; Antarc*; Antártida; Polar Biology; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/141133

Lampreys are jawless fishes belonging to the order Petromyzontiformes. Geotria australis is the sole representative lamprey species of the Geotriidae family and is widely distributed around South America, Australia, New Zealand, and sub-Antarctic Islands. In South America, the presence and distribut...