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Invalidity of Gasterosteus gymnurus (Cuvier, 1829) (Actinopterygii, Gasterosteidae) according to integrative taxonomy

AutorInnen: 
GAËL P.J. DENYS, MATTHIAS F. GEIGER, HENRI PERSAT, PHILIPPE KEITH & AGNÈS DETTAI
Erscheinungsjahr: 
2015
Vollständiger Titel: 
Invalidity of Gasterosteus gymnurus (Cuvier, 1829) (Actinopterygii, Gasterosteidae) according to integrative taxonomy
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Publiziert in: 
Cybium
Publikationstyp: 
Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Keywords: 
Gasterosteidae, Gasterosteus aculeatus, Gasterosteus gymnurus, Gasterosteus islandicus, Integrative taxonomy, Cytochrome C oxidase subunit 1
Bibliographische Angaben: 
GAËL P.J. DENYS, MATTHIAS F. GEIGER, HENRI PERSAT, PHILIPPE KEITH & AGNÈS DETTAI Invalidity of Gasterosteus gymnurus (Cuvier, 1829) (Actinopterygii, Gasterosteidae) according to integrative taxonomy. Cybium 2015, 39(1): 37-45.
Abstract: 

The three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus spp. is a model organism largely used in biology. Four species have been described in Europe: G. aculeatus, G. gymnurus, G. islandicus and the extinct G. crenobiontus. Our integrative taxonomy study, including 194 specimens, demonstrates that these taxa are distinguishable neither with the mitochondrial COI marker nor the morphological characters like lateral plates, supposed to differentiate them. Thus, we invalidate Gasterosteus gymnurus, and we consider it as junior synonym of Gasterosteus aculeatus. The taxonomical status of Gasterosteus islandicus still needs to be clarified.

 

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