Morphological and molecular description of the late-stage larvae of Alima Leach, 1817 (Crustacea: Stomatopoda) from Lizard Island, Australia

Alima pacifica and A. orientalis are stomatopods commonly found at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. There are currently no descriptions that link the larvae to the adult morphotype despite the frequent occurrence of the last larval stage of these two species. We used DNA barcoding of th...

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Published inZootaxa Vol. 3722; p. 22
Main Authors Feller, Kathryn D, Cronin, Thomas W, Ahyong, Shane T, Porter, Megan L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New Zealand 21.10.2013
Subjects
Animal Distribution
Animal Structures - anatomy & histology
Animal Structures - growth & development
Animals
Australia
Body Size
Crustacea - anatomy & histology
Crustacea - classification
Crustacea - genetics
Crustacea - growth & development
Female
Islands
Male
Molecular Sequence Data
Phylogeny
Australia
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Summary:Alima pacifica and A. orientalis are stomatopods commonly found at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. There are currently no descriptions that link the larvae to the adult morphotype despite the frequent occurrence of the last larval stage of these two species. We used DNA barcoding of the cytochrome oxidase I (COI) gene to link the last stage larvae of A. pacifica and A. orientalis to the respective adult morphotype. Detailed morphological descriptions of the late larva of each species are provided and compared to other described last-stage Alima larvae. These data support previous studies that suggest paraphyly of the genus Alima.
ISSN:1175-5326
DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.3722.1.2