DNA Barcoding of Cold-Water Coral-Associated Ophiuroid Fauna from the North Atlantic

• Published in: Diversity
• Main Authors: Angelina Eichsteller, James Taylor, Sabine Stöhr, Saskia Brix, Pedro Martìnez Arbizu
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: echinoderms; brittle stars; Iceland; Reykjanes Ridge; COI; species delimitation; ROV; host preference; Reykjanes; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/d14050358

In this study we focus on the ophiuroid species associated with cold-water corals south of Iceland. The specimens were sampled with the ROV Phoca (GEOMAR) in three different areas, during the recent expedition MSM75 connected to the IceAGE_RR (Icelandic marine Animals: Genetics and Ecology_Reykjanes...