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: Arango, CP, Soler-Membrives, A, Miller, KJ
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd 2011
• Subjects: Biological Sciences; Evolutionary Biology; Biogeography and Phylogeography; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; East Antarctica; Hodgson; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Weddell; Weddell Sea; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.05.019; http://ecite.utas.edu.au/66143

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 eurybathicwhich is surprising given that sea spiders lack a planktonic stage; the fertilised eggs and larvae remain attached...