A tri-oceanic perspective: DNA barcoding reveals geographic structure and cryptic diversity in Canadian polychaetes.

• Published in: PLoS ONE
• Main Authors: Christina M Carr, Sarah M Hardy, Tanya M Brown, Tara A Macdonald, Paul D N Hebert
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011
• Subjects: Medicine; R; Science; Q; Arctic; Canada; Pacific; British Columbia; Atlantic Arctic; Atlantic-Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022232; https://doaj.org/article/594c9c52244449a3a34e573374e81966

Background Although polychaetes are one of the dominant taxa in marine communities, their distributions and taxonomic diversity are poorly understood. Recent studies have shown that many species thought to have broad distributions are actually a complex of allied species. In Canada, 12% of polychaet...