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Shizuru LEK, Montgomery AD, Wagner D, Freel EB, Toonen RJ. The complete mitochondrial genome of a species of Cirrhipathes de Blainville, 1830 from Kaua'i, Hawai'i (Hexacorallia: Antipatharia). Mitochondrial DNA B Resour 2024; 9:223-226. [PMID: 38313464 PMCID: PMC10836483 DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2024.2310130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2023] [Accepted: 01/20/2024] [Indexed: 02/06/2024] Open
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This study reports the first mitogenome from the antipatharian (black coral) genus Cirrhipathes (GenBank accession number ON653414). The 20,452 bp mitochondrial genome of Cirrhipathes cf. anguina LS-2022 consists of 13 protein-coding genes, two rRNA genes, and two tRNA genes (trnM and trnW). The mitogenome is typical of other antipatharian families, including an A + T biased (64.1%) base composition and cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COX1) intron with embedded homing endonuclease gene (HEG). A phylogenetic tree based on complete mitogenome sequences of currently available antipatharians indicates Cirrhipathes cf. anguina LS-2022 is sister and closely related to Stichopathes sp. SCBUCN-8849. However, it seems unlikely that intergeneric taxa share 99.97% similarity across their complete mitogenomes, raising questions about the current taxonomy of this group. This study highlights the need for additional vouchered antipatharian species to be sequenced so phylogenetic relationships can be compared with accepted taxonomy.
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- Leah E K Shizuru
- Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Kāne'ohe, HI, USA
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- US Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Fish and Wildlife Office, Honolulu, HI, USA
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- Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Kāne'ohe, HI, USA
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- Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Kāne'ohe, HI, USA
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Asorey CM, Sellanes J, Wagner D, Easton EE. Complete mitochondrial genomes of two species of Stichopathes Brook, 1889 (Hexacorallia: Antipatharia: Antipathidae) from Rapa Nui (Easter Island). Mitochondrial DNA B Resour 2021; 6:3226-3228. [PMID: 34676296 PMCID: PMC8525922 DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2021.1990150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2021] [Accepted: 10/03/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We report the complete mitochondrial genomes of two antipatharian species, Stichopathes sp. SCBUCN-8849 and Stichopathes sp. SCBUCN-8850, collected between 120 and 180 m depth off Rapa Nui (∼ -27.1°, -109.4°). The size of the two mitogenomes are 20,389 bp (29.0% A, 15.2% C, 19.9% G, and 35.9% T) and 20,463 bp (29.0% A, 15.3% C, 19.9% G, and 35.8% T), respectively. Both mitogenomes have the classic Hexacorallia gene content of 13 protein-coding, two rRNA, and two tRNA genes plus a COX1 intron with embedded HEG as found in the Antipathidae and other antipatharian families.
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- Cynthia M. Asorey
- Departamento de Biología Marina, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar and Sala de Colecciones Biológicas, Universidad Católica del Norte, Millennium Nucleus for Ecology and Sustainable Management of Oceanic Islands (ESMOI), Coquimbo, Chile
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- Departamento de Biología Marina, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar and Sala de Colecciones Biológicas, Universidad Católica del Norte, Millennium Nucleus for Ecology and Sustainable Management of Oceanic Islands (ESMOI), Coquimbo, Chile
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- Conservation International, Center for Oceans, Arlington, VA, USA
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- School of Earth, Environmental, and Marine Sciences, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, South Padre Island, TX, USA
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Shepherd B, Pinheiro HT, Phelps TAY, Pérez-Matus A, Rocha LA. Pseudanthiashangapiko, a new anthiadine serranid (Teleostei, Serranidae, Anthiadinae) from Rapa Nui (Easter Island). Zookeys 2021; 1054:1-13. [PMID: 34393560 PMCID: PMC8355001 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1054.64508] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2021] [Accepted: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Pseudanthiashangapiko sp. nov. (Teleostei, Serranidae, Anthiadinae) is herein described from three specimens collected from a depth of 83 m in a mesophotic coral ecosystem off Hanga Piko, Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Chile. Pseudanthiashangapiko sp. nov. can be distinguished from its congeners in live coloration and by the following combination of characters: dorsal-fin rays X, 17; anal-fin rays III, 8; pectoral-fin rays 16 (left side of one specimen 17); vertebrae 10+16; scales relatively large, two scales above lateral-line to base of fifth dorsal spine, and 16-17 circumpeduncular scales; gill rakers 11+23; and a slender body, with greatest body depth 3.6 (3.4-3.8) in SL. The most similar DNA barcodes (mitochondrial COI gene) are from Pseudanthiasventralis Randall, 1979 and Pseudanthiashawaiiensis Randall, 1979, with 16.8% and 17.0% uncorrected divergence, respectively. This fish is one of four new species that were documented from a pair of technical dives at a single location in Rapa Nui, emphasizing the high number of undescribed species likely still unknown in mesophotic coral ecosystems, especially in geographically remote locations. Pseudanthiashangapiko sp. nov. adds to the Rapa Nui ichthyofauna, which hosts the second-highest level of endemism in both shallow and deep-water fishes.
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- Bart Shepherd
- Steinhart Aquarium, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA Steinhart Aquarium, California Academy of Sciences San Francisco United States of America
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- Department of Ichthyology, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA Department of Ichthyology, California Academy of Sciences San Francisco United States of America
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- Department of Ichthyology, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA Department of Ichthyology, California Academy of Sciences San Francisco United States of America.,Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA 94132, USA San Francisco State University San Francisco United States of America
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- Subtidal Ecology Laboratory, Estación Costera de Investigaciones Marinas, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Casilla 114-D, Santiago, Chile Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Santiago Chile.,Millennium Nucleus for the Ecology and Conservation of Temperate Mesophotic Reef Ecosystem (NUTME), Las Cruces, Valparaíso, Chile Millennium Nucleus for the Ecology and Conservation of Temperate Mesophotic Reef Ecosystem Las Cruces Chile
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- Department of Ichthyology, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA Department of Ichthyology, California Academy of Sciences San Francisco United States of America.,Millennium Nucleus for the Ecology and Conservation of Temperate Mesophotic Reef Ecosystem (NUTME), Las Cruces, Valparaíso, Chile Millennium Nucleus for the Ecology and Conservation of Temperate Mesophotic Reef Ecosystem Las Cruces Chile
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Maggioni D, Montano S, Voigt O, Seveso D, Galli P. A mesophotic hotel: the octocoral Bebryce cf. grandicalyx as a host. Ecology 2019; 101:e02950. [PMID: 31840233 DOI: 10.1002/ecy.2950] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2019] [Revised: 10/10/2019] [Accepted: 11/12/2019] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Davide Maggioni
- Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Ambiente e della Terra (DISAT), Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, 20126, Milano, Italy.,Marine Research and High Education (MaRHE) Center, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, 12030, Faafu Magoodhoo Island, Republic of Maldives
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- Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Ambiente e della Terra (DISAT), Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, 20126, Milano, Italy.,Marine Research and High Education (MaRHE) Center, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, 12030, Faafu Magoodhoo Island, Republic of Maldives
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- Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Palaeontology and Geobiology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, 80333, München, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Ambiente e della Terra (DISAT), Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, 20126, Milano, Italy.,Marine Research and High Education (MaRHE) Center, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, 12030, Faafu Magoodhoo Island, Republic of Maldives
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- Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Ambiente e della Terra (DISAT), Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, 20126, Milano, Italy.,Marine Research and High Education (MaRHE) Center, Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, 12030, Faafu Magoodhoo Island, Republic of Maldives
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Benayahu Y, McFadden CS, Shoham E. Search for mesophotic octocorals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) and their phylogeny: I. A new sclerite-free genus from Eilat, northern Red Sea. Zookeys 2017:1-11. [PMID: 28769713 PMCID: PMC5523377 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.680.12727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2017] [Accepted: 05/12/2017] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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This communication describes a new octocoral, Altumiadelicatagen. n. & sp. n. (Octocorallia: Clavulariidae), from mesophotic reefs of Eilat (northern Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea). This species lives on dead antipatharian colonies and on artificial substrates. It has been recorded from deeper than 60 m down to 140 m and is thus considered to be a lower mesophotic octocoral. It has no sclerites and features no symbiotic zooxanthellae. The new genus is compared to other known sclerite-free octocorals. Molecular phylogenetic analyses place it in a clade with members of families Clavulariidae and Acanthoaxiidae, and for now we assign it to the former, based on colony morphology. The polyphyletic family Clavulariidae is, however, in need of a thorough revision once the morphological distinctions among its phylogenetically distinct clades are better understood.
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- Yehuda Benayahu
- School of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, 69978, Israel
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- School of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, 69978, Israel
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Benayahu Y, McFadden CS, Shoham E, van Ofwegen LP. Search for mesophotic octocorals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa) and their phylogeny. II. A new zooxanthellate species from Eilat, northern Red Sea. Zookeys 2017:1-12. [PMID: 28769683 PMCID: PMC5523203 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.676.12751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2017] [Accepted: 04/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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An octocoral survey conducted in the mesophotic coral ecosystem (MCE) of Eilat (Gulf of Aqaba, northern Red Sea) yielded a new species of the speciose reef-dwelling genus Sinularia. It features encrusting colony morphology with a thin, funnel-shaped polypary. Sinulariamesophoticasp. n. (family Alcyoniidae) is described and compared to the other congeners with similar morphology. Both the morphological and molecular examination justified the establishment of the new species, also assigning it to a new genetic clade within Sinularia. The results highlight its unique phylogenetic position within the genus, and this is the first described species of a mesophotic zooxanthellate octocoral.
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- Yehuda Benayahu
- School of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, 69978, Israel
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- School of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, 69978, Israel
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- Department of Marine Zoology, Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands
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Andradi-Brown DA, Grey R, Hendrix A, Hitchner D, Hunt CL, Gress E, Madej K, Parry RL, Régnier-McKellar C, Jones OP, Arteaga M, Izaguirre AP, Rogers AD, Exton DA. Depth-dependent effects of culling-do mesophotic lionfish populations undermine current management? R Soc Open Sci 2017; 4:170027. [PMID: 28573007 PMCID: PMC5451808 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.170027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2017] [Accepted: 04/27/2017] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Invasive lionfish (Pterois volitans and P. miles) have spread widely across the western Atlantic and are recognized as a major threat to native marine biodiversity. Although lionfish inhabit both shallow reefs and mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs; reefs from 30 to 150 m depth), the primary management response implemented by many countries has been diver-led culling limited to reefs less than 30 m. However, many reef fish undergo ontogenetic migrations, with the largest and therefore most fecund individuals found at greatest depths. Here, we study lionfish density, body size, maturity and dietary patterns across the depth gradient from the surface down to 85 m on heavily culled reefs around Utila, Honduras. We found lionfish at increased densities, body size and weight on MCEs compared with shallow reefs, with MCEs also containing the greatest proportion of actively spawning females, while shallow reefs contained the greatest proportion of immature lionfish. We then compared lionfish behaviour in response to divers on shallow culled and mesophotic unculled Utilan reefs, and on shallow unculled reefs in Tela Bay, on the Honduran mainland. We found that mesophotic lionfish exhibited high alert distances, consistent with individuals previously exposed to culling despite being below the depth limits of removal. In addition, when examining stomach content, we found that fish were the major component of lionfish diets across the depth gradient. Importantly, our results suggest that despite adjacent shallow culling, MCEs retain substantial lionfish populations that may be disproportionately contributing towards continued lionfish recruitment onto the shallow reefs of Utila, potentially undermining current culling-based management.
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- Dominic A. Andradi-Brown
- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, The Tinbergen Building, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PS, UK
- Operation Wallacea, Wallace House, Old Bolingbroke, Spilsby, Lincolnshire PE23 4EX, UK
- Author for correspondence: Dominic A. Andradi-Brown e-mail:
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- Operation Wallacea, Wallace House, Old Bolingbroke, Spilsby, Lincolnshire PE23 4EX, UK
- College of Charleston, 205 Fort Johnson Road, Charleston, SC 29412, USA
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- Operation Wallacea, Wallace House, Old Bolingbroke, Spilsby, Lincolnshire PE23 4EX, UK
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- Operation Wallacea, Wallace House, Old Bolingbroke, Spilsby, Lincolnshire PE23 4EX, UK
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- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, The Tinbergen Building, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PS, UK
- Operation Wallacea, Wallace House, Old Bolingbroke, Spilsby, Lincolnshire PE23 4EX, UK
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- Operation Wallacea, Wallace House, Old Bolingbroke, Spilsby, Lincolnshire PE23 4EX, UK
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- Whaleshark and Oceanic Research Center, Main Street, Utila, Bay Islands 34201, Honduras
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- Whaleshark and Oceanic Research Center, Main Street, Utila, Bay Islands 34201, Honduras
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- Whaleshark and Oceanic Research Center, Main Street, Utila, Bay Islands 34201, Honduras
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- Bay Islands Conservation Association—Utila Chapter, Airport Road, Utila, Bay Islands 34201, Honduras
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- Bay Islands Conservation Association—Utila Chapter, Airport Road, Utila, Bay Islands 34201, Honduras
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- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, The Tinbergen Building, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PS, UK
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- Operation Wallacea, Wallace House, Old Bolingbroke, Spilsby, Lincolnshire PE23 4EX, UK
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Spalding HL, Conklin KY, Smith CM, O'Kelly CJ, Sherwood AR. New Ulvaceae (Ulvophyceae, Chlorophyta) from mesophotic ecosystems across the Hawaiian Archipelago. J Phycol 2016; 52:40-53. [PMID: 26987087 DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2015] [Accepted: 10/28/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Ulvalean algae (Chlorophyta) are most commonly described from intertidal and shallow subtidal marine environments worldwide, but are less well known from mesophotic environments. Their morphological simplicity and phenotypic plasticity make accurate species determinations difficult, even at the generic level. Here, we describe the mesophotic Ulvales species composition from 13 locations across 2,300 km of the Hawaiian Archipelago. Twenty-eight representative Ulvales specimens from 64 to 125 m depths were collected using technical diving, submersibles, and remotely operated vehicles. Morphological and molecular characters suggest that mesophotic Ulvales in Hawaiian waters form unique communities comprising four species within the genera Ulva and Umbraulva, each with discrete geographic and/or depth-related distributional patterns. Three genetically distinct taxa are supported by both plastid (rbcL and tufA) and nuclear (ITS1) markers, and are presented here as new species: Umbraulva kaloakulau, Ulva ohiohilulu, and Ulva iliohaha. We also propose a new Umbraulva species (Umbraulva kuaweuweu), which is closely related to subtidal records from New Zealand and Australia, but not formally described. To our knowledge, these are the first marine species descriptions from Hawai'i resulting from the collaboration of traditional Hawaiian nomenclature specialists, cultural practitioners and scientists. The difficulty of finding reliable diagnostic morphological characters for these species reflects a common problem worldwide of achieving accurate identification of ulvalean taxa using solely morphological criteria. Mesophotic Ulvales appear to be distinct from shallow-water populations in Hawai'i, but their degree of similarity to mesophotic floras in other locations in the Pacific remains unknown.
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- Heather L Spalding
- Department of Botany, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, 3190 Maile Way, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96822, USA
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- Department of Botany, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, 3190 Maile Way, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96822, USA
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- Department of Botany, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, 3190 Maile Way, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96822, USA
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- Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington, 620 University Road, Friday Harbor, Washington, 98250, USA
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- Department of Botany, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, 3190 Maile Way, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96822, USA
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