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Evandro Pires Lopes
Universidade Técnica do Atlântico: Instituto de Engenharias e Ciências do Mar
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The snowflake coral Carijoa riisei is one of the most invasive and successfully adapting species in the coastal marine environment. This species can disperse through ballast waters or fouling on the hull of ships, which allows it to expand very quickly to areas where it is not native. Recently C. riisei was identified in the Porto Grande Bay in São Vicente island in Cabo Verde Islands. We analysed mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences from specimens collected at this locality to determine the potential origin of this invasion. Lack of genetic variation in both mitochondrial and nuclear genes suggest a very recent invasion (bottleneck effect) but did not permit to establish its origin with total confidence.
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alien species, Octocorallia, Carijoa riisei, Eastern Atlantic
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Evandro Pires Lopes
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The snowflake coral Carijoa riisei is one of the most invasive and successfully adapting species in the coastal marine environment. This species can disperse through ballast waters or fouling on the hull of ships, which allows it to expand very quickly to areas where it is not native. Recently C. riisei was identified in the Porto Grande Bay in São Vicente island in Cabo Verde Islands. We analysed mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences from specimens collected at this locality to determine the potential origin of this invasion. Lack of genetic variation in both mitochondrial and nuclear genes suggest a very recent invasion (bottleneck effect) but did not permit to establish its origin with total confidence.
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