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Range expansion, biometric features and molecular identification of the exotic ark shell Anadara kagoshimensis from Galician waters, NW Spain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 January 2015

Rafael Bañón*
Affiliation:
Servizo de Planificación, Consellería do Mar e Medio Rural, Xunta de Galicia, Rua dos Irmandiños s/n, 15701 Santiago de Compostela, Spain Grupo de Estudos do Medio Mariño (GEMM), puerto deportivo s/n 15960 Ribeira, A Coruña, Spain
Jesús Fernández
Affiliation:
Consellería do Mar e Medio Rural, Delegación Comarcal de Vilagarcía, Alto da Rosa s/n 36610, Vilagarcía, Spain
Juan E. Trigo
Affiliation:
Grupo de Estudos do Medio Mariño (GEMM), puerto deportivo s/n 15960 Ribeira, A Coruña, Spain
Jacinto Pérez-Dieste
Affiliation:
Grupo de Estudos do Medio Mariño (GEMM), puerto deportivo s/n 15960 Ribeira, A Coruña, Spain
David Barros-García
Affiliation:
Departamento de Bioquímica, Xenética e Inmunoloxía, Facultade de Bioloxía, Universidade de Vigo, Rúa Fonte das Abelleiras s/n, 36310 Vigo, Spain
Alejandro de Carlos
Affiliation:
Departamento de Bioquímica, Xenética e Inmunoloxía, Facultade de Bioloxía, Universidade de Vigo, Rúa Fonte das Abelleiras s/n, 36310 Vigo, Spain
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: R. Bañón, Servizo de Planificación, Consellería do Mar e Medio Rural, Xunta de Galicia, Rúa dos Irmandiños s/n, 15701 Santiago de Compostela, Spain email: anoplogaster@yahoo.es

Abstract

The occurrence of the alien species Anadara kagoshimensis is reported for the first time in the Ría de Arousa (Galicia, NW Spain) during 2013. Living specimens of this species have been recognized by morphological analysis. The cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene has been partially sequenced and Maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses carried out to confirm its identification. This new record reaffirms the presence of A. kagoshimensis, previously reported as Anadara inaequivalvis, along the Atlantic European coast extending the known distribution range in Spanish waters to the south.

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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2015 

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