Morphometric and physical characteristics distinguishing adult Patagonian lamprey, Geotria macrostoma from the pouched lamprey, Geotria australis.
The pouched lamprey, Geotria australis Gray, 1851, has long been considered monotypic in the Geotriidae family with a wide southern temperate distribution across Australasia and South America. Recent studies have provided molecular and morphological evidence for a second Geotria species in South Ame...
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| author | Cindy F Baker Carla Riva Rossi Pamela Quiroga Emily White Peter Williams Jane Kitson Christopher M Bice Claude B Renaud Ian Potter Francisco J Neira Claudio Baigún |
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| description | The pouched lamprey, Geotria australis Gray, 1851, has long been considered monotypic in the Geotriidae family with a wide southern temperate distribution across Australasia and South America. Recent studies have provided molecular and morphological evidence for a second Geotria species in South America; Geotria macrostoma (Burmeister, 1868). The aim of this study was to determine morphometric and physical characteristics of adult G. macrostoma that further differentiate this re-instated species of Geotriidae from G. australis. The diagnostic features discriminating immature adult G. macrostoma from G. australis when entering fresh water, are distinct differences in dentition, oral papillae and fimbriae counts and differences in coloration. In addition, G. macrostoma display greater growth of the prebranchial region and oral disc and has a deeper body depth and higher condition factor. All current ecological knowledge of the genus Geotria is based on Australasian populations, which may not be applicable to G. macrostoma. To ensure the conservation and protection of the Patagonian lamprey as a re-identified species, further investigations are needed to understand its life history, biology and ecology throughout its range. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-92c71e7d9b0445f18cb60fb65f35e49a2025-08-20T02:55:27ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032021-01-01165e025060110.1371/journal.pone.0250601Morphometric and physical characteristics distinguishing adult Patagonian lamprey, Geotria macrostoma from the pouched lamprey, Geotria australis.Cindy F BakerCarla Riva RossiPamela QuirogaEmily WhitePeter WilliamsJane KitsonChristopher M BiceClaude B RenaudIan PotterFrancisco J NeiraClaudio BaigúnThe pouched lamprey, Geotria australis Gray, 1851, has long been considered monotypic in the Geotriidae family with a wide southern temperate distribution across Australasia and South America. Recent studies have provided molecular and morphological evidence for a second Geotria species in South America; Geotria macrostoma (Burmeister, 1868). The aim of this study was to determine morphometric and physical characteristics of adult G. macrostoma that further differentiate this re-instated species of Geotriidae from G. australis. The diagnostic features discriminating immature adult G. macrostoma from G. australis when entering fresh water, are distinct differences in dentition, oral papillae and fimbriae counts and differences in coloration. In addition, G. macrostoma display greater growth of the prebranchial region and oral disc and has a deeper body depth and higher condition factor. All current ecological knowledge of the genus Geotria is based on Australasian populations, which may not be applicable to G. macrostoma. To ensure the conservation and protection of the Patagonian lamprey as a re-identified species, further investigations are needed to understand its life history, biology and ecology throughout its range.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0250601&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Cindy F Baker Carla Riva Rossi Pamela Quiroga Emily White Peter Williams Jane Kitson Christopher M Bice Claude B Renaud Ian Potter Francisco J Neira Claudio Baigún Morphometric and physical characteristics distinguishing adult Patagonian lamprey, Geotria macrostoma from the pouched lamprey, Geotria australis. PLoS ONE |
| title | Morphometric and physical characteristics distinguishing adult Patagonian lamprey, Geotria macrostoma from the pouched lamprey, Geotria australis. |
| title_full | Morphometric and physical characteristics distinguishing adult Patagonian lamprey, Geotria macrostoma from the pouched lamprey, Geotria australis. |
| title_fullStr | Morphometric and physical characteristics distinguishing adult Patagonian lamprey, Geotria macrostoma from the pouched lamprey, Geotria australis. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Morphometric and physical characteristics distinguishing adult Patagonian lamprey, Geotria macrostoma from the pouched lamprey, Geotria australis. |
| title_short | Morphometric and physical characteristics distinguishing adult Patagonian lamprey, Geotria macrostoma from the pouched lamprey, Geotria australis. |
| title_sort | morphometric and physical characteristics distinguishing adult patagonian lamprey geotria macrostoma from the pouched lamprey geotria australis |
| url | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0250601&type=printable |
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