DNA barcodes unite two problematic taxa: the meiobenthic Boreohydra simplex is a life-cycle stage of Plotocnide borealis (Hydrozoa: Aplanulata)

• Published in: Zootaxa
• Main Authors: PYATAEVA, SOFIA V., HOPCROFT, RUSSELL R., LINDSAY, DHUGAL J., COLLINS, ALLEN G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Mangolia Press 2016
• Subjects: Coleoptera; polyp; medusa; metagenesis; bipolar distribution; meiofauna; Arctic; Medusa
• Online Access: http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4150.1.5; https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4150.1.5

Genetic barcodes of arctic medusae and meiobenthic cnidarians have uncovered a fortuitous connection between the medusa Plotocnide borealis Wagner, 1885 and the minute, mud-dwelling polyp Boreohydra simplex Westblad, 1937. Little to no sequence differences exist among independently collected samples...