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ArticlePeerJ2021

Reeling them in: taxonomy of marine annelids used as bait by anglers in the Western Cape Province, South Africa.

Carol Simon, Jyothi Kara, Alheit du Toit, Hendré van Rensburg, Caveshlin Naidoo, Conrad A Matthee

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Article in PeerJ, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Carol SimonDepartment of Botany and Zoology, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa.
Jyothi KaraDepartment of Botany and Zoology, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-2961-1713
Alheit du ToitDepartment of Botany and Zoology, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa.
Hendré van RensburgDepartment of Botany and Zoology, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-7441-9929
Caveshlin NaidooDepartment of Botany and Zoology, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa.
Conrad A MattheeDepartment of Botany and Zoology, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-6836-069X
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCommon names are frequently used inconsistently for marine annelid species used as bait in the peer-reviewed literature, field guides and legislative material. The taxonomy of many such species based on morphology only also ignores cryptic divergences not yet detected. Such inconsistencies hamper effective management of marine annelids, especially as fishing for recreation and subsistence is increasing. This study investigates the scale of the problem by studying the use and names of bait marine annelids in the Western Cape Province of South Africa.

methodsFifteen recreational and six subsistence fishers at 12 popular fishing sites in the Western Cape Province donated 194 worms which they identified by common name. Worms were assigned scientific names according to a standard identification key for polychaetes from South Africa, and mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I (COI) amplified and sequenced.

resultsThis study identified 11 nominal species known by 10 common names, in the families Siphonosomatidae, Arenicolidae, Sabellaridae, Lumbrineridae, Eunicidae, Onuphidae and Nereididae. Cryptic diversity was investigated through employing mitochondrial COI sequences and these data will facilitate future identifications among widely distributed species. Several species (

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BloodwormCOI mtDNACommon nameCoralwormMoonshinewormMusselwormPseudocryptic speciesPuddingwormTaxonomyWonderworm

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