@ARTICLE{TreeBASE2Ref21756,
author = {Monica Mwale and Horst Kaiser and Nigel P. Barker and Anthony B Wilson and Peter R Teske},
title = {Identification of a uniquely southern African clade of coastal pipefishes (Syngnathus spp.)},
year = {2013},
keywords = {Syngnathus, Phylogeny, southern Africa, pipefishes},
doi = {},
url = {http://},
pmid = {},
journal = {Journal of Fish Biology},
volume = {},
number = {},
pages = {},
abstract = {The genus Syngnathus has the highest species richness of any pipefish genus and is widely distributed in the Atlantic Ocean, with additional species present in the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Two coastal species, the long snout pipefish Syngnathus temminckii and the river pipefish Syngnathus watermeyeri, whose taxonomic status is disputed, occur across the transition zone between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans in southern Africa. Syngnathus temminckii, which is widespread throughout the region, has been considered to be conspecific with the greater pipefish Syngnathus acus. Syngnathus watermeyeri, which occurs in only two estuaries on the south coast and is ranked as critically endangered in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, is morphologically so distinct that its placement within the genus has been questioned. The taxonomic placement of the two southern African species is investigated using a combination of morphological and genetic data. The morphological data show that S. temminckii is distinct from S. acus, and a molecular phylogeny reconstructed using mitochondrial DNA recovered S. temminckii and S. watermeyeri as sister taxa. The southern African species share an evolutionary origin with northeastern Atlantic/Mediterranean species, including S. acus. These data support the existence of a distinct southern African clade of Syngnathus pipefishes, which has diverged in situ to form the two species present in the region today.
Key words: Syngnathus acus; S. temminckii; S. watermeyeri; morphometrics; mitochondrial DNA phylogeny.}
}
Matrix 16036 of Study 13918
Citation title:
"Identification of a uniquely southern African clade of coastal pipefishes (Syngnathus spp.)".
Study name:
"Identification of a uniquely southern African clade of coastal pipefishes (Syngnathus spp.)".
This study is part of submission 13918
(Status: Published).
Matrices
Title: Syngnathus sequences - pipefishes
Description: cytochrome b, 12SrRNA & 16SrRNA
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Characters 1?–30 |
Syngnathus abaster S23 |
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??????????TACGAAAAACCCACCCCGTT |
Syngnathus abaster SCA1 |
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??????AATTTACGAAAAACCCACCCCGTT |
Syngnathus acus S2 |
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ATGGCCAACCTACGAAAAACCCACCCCATC |
Syngnathus acus KLU83 |
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?????CAACCTACGAAAAACCCACCCCATC |
Syngnathus acus BB5 |
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?????????????????????????????? |
Syngnathus acus TH3 |
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?????????????????????????????? |
Syngnathus rostellatus S3 |
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GTGGCCAATTTACGAAAAACCCACCCCATC |
Syngnathus rostellatus KLU96 |
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???????ATTTACGAAAAACCCAACCCATC |
Syngnathus taenionotus S24 |
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ATGACCAATTTACGAAAAACTCACCCCGTT |
Syngnathus taenionotus VEN89 |
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????????TTTACGAAAAACTCACCCCGTT |
Syngnathus temminckii KB1 |
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?????????????????????????????? |
Syngnathus temminckii KO4 |
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?????????????????????????????? |
Syngnathus tenuirostris LIV8 |
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?????????????????????????????? |
Syngnathus typhle KLU1 |
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??????AATTTACGAAAAACTCACCCCGTT |
Syngnathus typhle S4 |
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ATGACCAATTTACGAAAAACTCACCCCGTT |
Syngnathus typhle S22 |
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??????????????????ACTCACCCCGTT |
Syngnathus watermeyeri T658 |
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?????????????????????????????? |
Syngnathus watermeyeri T659 |
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?????????????????????????????? |
Syngnathus exilis S64 |
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ATGGCCAACATACGAAAAACTCACCCTATC |
Syngnathus floridae S21 |
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???????????????AAAACCCATCCCATC |
Syngnathus floridae S41 |
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ATGGCTCGCCTACGAAAAACCCATCCCATC |
Syngnathus fuscus S19 |
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??GTTACCCCTACGAAAAACCCACCCCCTT |
Syngnathus leptorhynchus S33 |
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ATGGCCAACATACGAAAAACTCACCCTATC |
Syngnathus louisianae S42 |
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GTGGCCAACCTACGGAAAACCCATCCCATC |
Syngnathus pelagicus S111 |
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?????CAACCTACGGAAAACCCGCCCCATC |
Syngnathus pelagicus S112 |
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???????????????????????????ATC |
Syngnathus schlegeli S14 |
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ATGGCCAACCTCCGAAAAACCCACCCAATT |
Syngnathus schlegeli S95 |
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GTGGCCAACCTCCGAAAAACCCACCCAATT |
Syngnathus schlegeli S96 |
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ATGGCCAACCTCCGAAAAACCCACCCAATT |
Syngnathus scovelli S40 |
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ATGGCTCGCCTACGAAAAACCCACCCACTT |
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