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A tropical Atlantic species of Melibe Rang, 1829 (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Tethyiidae)

Abstract. A new species of Melibe is described based on two specimens collected in Florida. This new species is well differentiated morphologically and genetically from other species of Melibe studied to date. The four residue deletions in the cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 protein found in all prev...

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Autores principales: Espinoza, Erika, DuPont, Anne, Valdés, Ángel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3713334/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23878514
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.316.5452
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author Espinoza, Erika
DuPont, Anne
Valdés, Ángel
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description Abstract. A new species of Melibe is described based on two specimens collected in Florida. This new species is well differentiated morphologically and genetically from other species of Melibe studied to date. The four residue deletions in the cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 protein found in all previously sequenced tropical species of Melibe sequenced (and Melibe rosea) are also present in this new species. These deletions do not appear to affect important structural components of this protein but might have fitness implications. This paper provides the first confirmed record of Melibe in the tropical western Atlantic Ocean.
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spelling pubmed-37133342013-07-22 A tropical Atlantic species of Melibe Rang, 1829 (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Tethyiidae) Espinoza, Erika DuPont, Anne Valdés, Ángel Zookeys Article Abstract. A new species of Melibe is described based on two specimens collected in Florida. This new species is well differentiated morphologically and genetically from other species of Melibe studied to date. The four residue deletions in the cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 protein found in all previously sequenced tropical species of Melibe sequenced (and Melibe rosea) are also present in this new species. These deletions do not appear to affect important structural components of this protein but might have fitness implications. This paper provides the first confirmed record of Melibe in the tropical western Atlantic Ocean. Pensoft Publishers 2013-07-11 /pmc/articles/PMC3713334/ /pubmed/23878514 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.316.5452 Text en Erika Espinoza, Anne DuPont, Ángel Valdés http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0 (CC-BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Espinoza, Erika
DuPont, Anne
Valdés, Ángel
A tropical Atlantic species of Melibe Rang, 1829 (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Tethyiidae)
title A tropical Atlantic species of Melibe Rang, 1829 (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Tethyiidae)
title_full A tropical Atlantic species of Melibe Rang, 1829 (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Tethyiidae)
title_fullStr A tropical Atlantic species of Melibe Rang, 1829 (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Tethyiidae)
title_full_unstemmed A tropical Atlantic species of Melibe Rang, 1829 (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Tethyiidae)
title_short A tropical Atlantic species of Melibe Rang, 1829 (Mollusca, Nudibranchia, Tethyiidae)
title_sort tropical atlantic species of melibe rang, 1829 (mollusca, nudibranchia, tethyiidae)
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3713334/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23878514
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.316.5452
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