Global species delimitation of the cosmopolitan marine littoral earthworm Pontodrilus litoralis (Grube, 1855)

Abstract The marine littoral earthworm Pontodrilus litoralis (Grube, 1855) is widely distributed and is reported as a single species. This study utilized an integrative taxonomic approach based upon morphological examination, phylogenetic reconstruction, and molecular species delimitation, to test w...

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Main Authors: Teerapong Seesamut, Yuichi Oba, Parin Jirapatrasilp, Svante Martinsson, Maria Lindström, Christer Erséus, Somsak Panha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-52252-8