
Here we present the first data on genetic diversity and clonal structure from these two species using a new set of microsatellite markers. tagusensis are spreading quickly and outcompeting native species in the Atlantic Ocean, there is little information regarding the genetic structure and path of introduction for these species. PeerJ 5: e3873 Īlthough the invasive azooxanthellate corals Tubastraea coccinea and T. (Anthozoa: Scleractinia) in the South-Atlantic Ocean.

Clone wars: asexual reproduction dominates in the invasive range of Tubastraea spp. Cite this article Capel KCC, Toonen RJ, Rachid CTCC, Creed JC, Kitahara MV, Forsman Z, Zilberberg C. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited. Licence This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. coccinea, T. tagusensis Copyright © 2017 Capel et al.

7 Centro de Biologia Marinha, Universidade de São Paulo, São Sebastião, Brazil DOI 10.7717/peerj.3873 Published Accepted Received Academic Editor James Reimer Subject Areas Biodiversity, Conservation Biology, Ecology, Genetics, Marine Biology Keywords Sun-coral, Clone structure, Microsatellites, Population genetics, T.
