01403nas a2200145 4500008004100000245007400041210006900115260001200184490000600196520090400202100002601106700002701132700001901159856007901178 2014 eng d00aHyper-Cryptic Marine Meiofauna: Species Complexes in Nemertodermatida0 aHyperCryptic Marine Meiofauna Species Complexes in Nemertodermat c09/10140 v93 a
Nemertodermatida are microscopically small, benthic marine worms. Specimens of two nominal species, Sterreria psammicola and Nemertinoides elongatus from 33 locations worldwide were sequenced for three molecular markers. Species delimitation and validation was done using gene trees, haplotype networks and multilocus Bayesian analysis. We found 20 supported species of which nine: Nemertinoides glandulosum n.sp., N. wolfgangi n.sp., Sterreria boucheti n.sp., S. lundini n.sp., S. martindalei n.sp., S. monolithes n.sp., S. papuensis n.sp., S. variabilis n.sp. and S. ylvae n.sp., are described including nucleotide-based diagnoses. The distribution patterns indicate transoceanic dispersal in some of the species. Sympatric species were found in many cases. The high level of cryptic diversity in this meiofauna group implies that marine diversity may be higher than previously estimated.
1 aMeyer-Wachsmuth, Inga1 aCurini-Galletti, Marco1 aJondelius, Ulf uhttp://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0107688