Andrea Ormos

TL;DR: A protocol with single-laboratory validation for the generation of DNA barcodes suitable for the identification of seafood products, specifically fish, in a manner that is suitable for FDA regulatory use is provided.

TL;DR: A second, much denser aggregation of whale sharks (dubbed “the Afuera”) that occurs east of the tip of the Yucatán Peninsula in the Caribbean Sea, with two whale shark aggregation areas, high coastal productivity and a previously-unknown scombrid spawning ground is reported.

TL;DR: The barcode data are providing new insights into Caribbean shorefish diversity, allowing for more and more accurate DNA-based identifications of larvae, juveniles, and unknown specimens.

TL;DR: This chapter is an overview of the techniques for DNA barcoding of fishes from field collection to DNA sequence analysis, and stringent guidelines for judging the quality of raw sequence data are laid out.

TL;DR: A phylogenetic tree has been further built using all other COI chaetopterid polychaete sequences found in Genbank to infer phylogenetic position of the new species, Phyllochaetopterus polus, which adds to the previous observations of close proximity of communities associated to whale falls and hydrothermal vents communities.