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dc.contributor.authorCooper, C.
dc.contributor.authorClode, P.
dc.contributor.authorThomson, D.
dc.contributor.authorStat, Michael
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T11:42:42Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T11:42:42Z
dc.date.created2015-10-29T04:10:04Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.citationCooper, C. and Clode, P. and Thomson, D. and Stat, M. 2015. A Flatworm from the Genus Waminoa (Acoela: Convolutidae) Associated with Bleached Corals in Western Australia. Zoological Science. 32 (5): pp. 465-473.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/14277
dc.identifier.doi10.2108/zs140245
dc.description.abstract

A flatworm isolated from bleached colonies of the coral Coscinaraea marshae at Rottnest Island, Western Australia, is described using a combination of morphological and molecular systematics. This flatworm shares morphological features characteristic of the genus Waminoa (Acoelomorpha: Acoela), including the presence of two algal symbionts, but appears to have genital regions different from those of other described species of Waminoa. The design of new oligonucleotide primers enabled the amplification of partial 18S rDNA of the Rottnest Island acoel specimens, and phylogenetic analysis positioned them within Waminoa, confirming their placement in the genus. Furthermore, Waminoa specimens from Rottnest Island grouped into a sister clade to Waminoa brickneri, indicating that the morphological and genetic differences observed are most likely intraspecific and due to geographic variation. As such, we name these Rottnest Island specimens W. cf. brickneri, but highlight that key differences warrant further exploration before assignment to this species can be confirmed. This is the first acoel flatworm described from Western Australia and contributes to our understanding of the diversity and evolutionary relationship of the Acoela.

dc.publisherNihon Dobutsu Gakkai
dc.titleA Flatworm from the Genus Waminoa (Acoela: Convolutidae) Associated with Bleached Corals in Western Australia
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume32
dcterms.source.startPage465
dcterms.source.endPage473
dcterms.source.issn0289-0003
dcterms.source.titleZoological Science
curtin.departmentDepartment of Environment and Agriculture
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