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Article: Extreme morphological diversity between populations of Littorina obtusata (L.) from Iceland and the UK

TitleExtreme morphological diversity between populations of Littorina obtusata (L.) from Iceland and the UK
Authors
KeywordsAllozyme Variation
Dispersal
Littorina Palliata
Morphological Variation
Taxonomy
Issue Date1995
PublisherSpringer Verlag Dordrecht. The Journal's web site is located at http://springerlink.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=journal&issn=0018-8158
Citation
Hydrobiologia, 1995, v. 309 n. 1-3, p. 161-166 How to Cite?
AbstractMarine gastropods which do not disperse larvae in the plankton exhibit a relatively high degree of interpopulation morphological variability. This phenomenon has been the root of considerable taxonomic confusion, particularly in the Littorinidae. In the present study, specimens of Littorina obtusata from the UK were compared morphologically and genetically with two samples of a northern high-spired form from Iceland which has been referred to by some workers as Littorina palliata. A multivariate discriminant function analysis based on three measured shell dimensions clearly separated the three samples, correctly predicting the origin of shells on the basis of morphology alone in 96% of cases. However, genetic analysis revealed that the most distant relationship, based on allozyme data at 13 loci, was surprisingly close (Nei's I = 0.983) providing no evidence to suggest that L. palliata is not conspecific with L. obtusata. © 1995 Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/179077
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dc.contributor.authorLewis, RIen_US
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, GAen_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-12-19T09:51:48Z-
dc.date.available2012-12-19T09:51:48Z-
dc.date.issued1995en_US
dc.identifier.citationHydrobiologia, 1995, v. 309 n. 1-3, p. 161-166en_US
dc.identifier.issn0018-8158en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/179077-
dc.description.abstractMarine gastropods which do not disperse larvae in the plankton exhibit a relatively high degree of interpopulation morphological variability. This phenomenon has been the root of considerable taxonomic confusion, particularly in the Littorinidae. In the present study, specimens of Littorina obtusata from the UK were compared morphologically and genetically with two samples of a northern high-spired form from Iceland which has been referred to by some workers as Littorina palliata. A multivariate discriminant function analysis based on three measured shell dimensions clearly separated the three samples, correctly predicting the origin of shells on the basis of morphology alone in 96% of cases. However, genetic analysis revealed that the most distant relationship, based on allozyme data at 13 loci, was surprisingly close (Nei's I = 0.983) providing no evidence to suggest that L. palliata is not conspecific with L. obtusata. © 1995 Kluwer Academic Publishers.en_US
dc.languageengen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Verlag Dordrecht. The Journal's web site is located at http://springerlink.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=journal&issn=0018-8158en_US
dc.relation.ispartofHydrobiologiaen_US
dc.subjectAllozyme Variationen_US
dc.subjectDispersalen_US
dc.subjectLittorina Palliataen_US
dc.subjectMorphological Variationen_US
dc.subjectTaxonomyen_US
dc.titleExtreme morphological diversity between populations of Littorina obtusata (L.) from Iceland and the UKen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.emailWilliams, GA: hrsbwga@hkucc.hku.hken_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1007/BF00014483en_US
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dc.identifier.volume309en_US
dc.identifier.issue1-3en_US
dc.identifier.spage161en_US
dc.identifier.epage166en_US
dc.identifier.isiWOS:A1995TD86700018-
dc.publisher.placeNetherlandsen_US
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