Cryptic speciation and the circumpolarity debate: A case study on endemic Southern Ocean octopuses using the COI barcode of life

• Published in: Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography
• Main Authors: Allcock, A. Louise, Barratt, Iain, Eléaume, Marc, Linse, Katrin, Norman, Mark D., Smith, Peter J., Steinke, Dirk, Stevens, Darren W., Strugnell, Jan M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2011
• Subjects: Amundsen Sea; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; George V Land; Prydz Bay; Ross Sea; South Orkney Islands; South Shetland Islands; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Ice Shelf
• Online Access: https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/53533/; https://oceanrep.geomar.de/id/eprint/53533/1/4281.pdf; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0967064510001803; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.05.016

Three hundred and fifty specimens of the endemic Southern Ocean octopus genus Pareledone, were sequenced for the barcoding gene COI. Geographic coverage comprised the South Shetland Islands, the Ross Sea, Adélie Land, George V Land, the Weddell Sea, under the site of the former Larsen B ice shelf, P...