SUBSPECIFIC STATUS OF ARGOPECTEN-IRRADIANS-CONCENTRICUS (SAY, 1822) AND OF THE BAY SCALLOPS OF FLORIDA

Authors
MARELLI DC LYONS WG ARNOLD WS KRAUSE MK
Citation
Dc. Marelli et al., SUBSPECIFIC STATUS OF ARGOPECTEN-IRRADIANS-CONCENTRICUS (SAY, 1822) AND OF THE BAY SCALLOPS OF FLORIDA, The Nautilus, 110(2), 1997, pp. 42-44
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
The Nautilus → ACNP
ISSN journal
00281344
Volume
110
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
42 - 44
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-1344(1997)110:2<42:SSOA(1>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Nei genetic distances between Florida and North Carolina populations o f bay scallops, all putatively Argopecten irradians concentricus, are greater than distances between the North Carolina population and popul ations of A. i. irradians from New York to Massachusetts. The subspeci es A. i. concentricus is probably untenable. Evidence for a subspecies , A. i. taylorae, in Florida and the eastern Gulf of Mexico is discuss ed.