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Cryptic diversity of appendicularian <i>Oikopleura longicauda</i>

<i>Oikopleura longicauda</i> is cosmopolit appendicularian species with a preference for warm and temperate waters. In order to determine genetic diversity of <i>Oikopleura longicauda</i> we sequenced 307 bp long fragment of subunit I of mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase (COI) of 34 individuals collected in July 2017 at a coastal station in South Adriatic. Our data revealed 4 groups of sequences with more than 16% of uncorrected p-distances indicating that <i>Oikopleura longicauda</i> is likely a complex of species with at least 3 different species existing in the Adriatic.

biodiversity ; tunicata ; zooplankton ; genetics ; Adriatic Sea

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