Genetic differentiation in the circum—Antarctic sea spider Nymphon australe (Pycnogonida; Nymphonidae)

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
• Main Authors: P. Arango, Claudia, Soler-Membrives, Anna, J. Miller, Karen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2011
• Subjects: Biogeography and Phylogeography; Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Weddell Sea; East Antarctica; Weddell; Hodgson; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10072/55663; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.05.019

Nymphon australe Hodgson 1902 is the most abundant species of sea spiders in the Southern Ocean. The species is recognised as highly morphologically variable, circumpolar and eurybathic-which is surprising given that sea spiders lack a planktonic stage; the fertilised eggs and larvae remain attached...