Exploring Canadian Echinoderm Diversity through DNA Barcodes.

DNA barcoding has proven an effective tool for species identification in varied groups of marine invertebrates including crustaceans, molluscs, polychaetes and echinoderms. In this study, we further validate its utility by analyzing almost half of the 300 species of Echinodermata known from Canadian...

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Main Authors: Kara K S Layton, Erin A Corstorphine, Paul D N Hebert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5117606?pdf=render