Cryptic diversity in smooth-shelled mussels on Southern Ocean islands: connectivity, hybridisation and a marine invasion

• Published in: Frontiers in Zoology
• Main Authors: Zbawicka, Małgorzata, Gardner, Jonathan P. A., Wenne, Roman
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central 2019
• Subjects: Research; Campbell Island; Kerguelen; Kerguelen Islands; New Zealand; Southern Ocean; Auckland Islands; Ocean Island
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6685288/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31406494; https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-019-0332-y

BACKGROUND: Large numbers of endemic species inhabit subantarctic continental coasts and islands that are characterised by highly variable environmental conditions. Southern hemisphere populations of taxa that are morphologically similar to northern counterparts have traditionally been considered to...