Identification of a uniquely southern African clade of coastal pipefishes Syngnathus spp.

@article{Mwale2013IdentificationOA,
  title={Identification of a uniquely southern African clade of coastal pipefishes Syngnathus spp.},
  author={Monica Mwale and Horst Kaiser and Nigel P. Barker and A. B. Wilson and Peter R. Teske},
  journal={Journal of fish biology},
  year={2013},
  volume={82 6},
  pages={
          2045-62
        }
}
The taxonomic status of two southern African coastal pipefish species, Syngnathus temminckii and Syngnathus watermeyeri, was investigated using a combination of morphological and genetic data. Morphological data showed that S. temminckii is distinct from the broadly distributed European pipefish Syngnathus acus, and a molecular phylogeny reconstructed using mitochondrial DNA recovered S. temminckii and S. watermeyeri as sister taxa. The southern African species share an evolutionary origin with… 
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