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ArticlePeerJ2022

Species identification of introduced veronicellid slugs in Japan.

Takahiro Hirano, Osamu Kagawa, Masanori Fujimoto, Takumi Saito, Shota Uchida, Daishi Yamazaki, Shun Ito, Shovon Mohammad Shariar, Takuo Sawahata, Satoshi Chiba

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Article in PeerJ, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Takahiro HiranoCenter for Northeast Asian Studies, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
Osamu KagawaGraduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
Masanori FujimotoFaculty of Agriculture, Kindai University, Nara, Nara, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-7866-0832
Takumi SaitoDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Science, Toho University, Funabashi, Chiba, Japan.
Shota UchidaGraduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
Daishi YamazakiCenter for Northeast Asian Studies, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
Shun ItoGraduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
Shovon Mohammad ShariarDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Rajshahi University, Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
Takuo SawahataFaculty of Agriculture, Kindai University, Nara, Nara, Japan.
Satoshi ChibaCenter for Northeast Asian Studies, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
Tohoku University · JPKindai University · JPToho University · JPUniversity of Rajshahi · BD

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Reliable identification of species is important for protecting native ecosystems against the invasion of non-native species. DNA barcoding using molecular markers, such as the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI) gene, helps researchers distinguish species. In this study, we focused on introduced veronicellid slugs in the Ryukyu Islands and some greenhouses on mainland Japan. Some veronicellids are medium-to-high risk pest species for humans. Identifying veronicellid species by their external morphology is difficult and unreliable because there is substantial overlap between intraspecific variation and interspecific differentiation. Therefore, internal morphologies such as male genitalia have been the primary traits used to distinguish veronicellids. To identify introduced veronicellid slugs in Japan to the species level, we used morphological assessment of male genitalia and DNA barcoding of the standard COI gene fragment. We also conducted species-delimitation analyses based on the genetic data. The results showed that five evolutionarily significant units, corresponding to four nominal species inhabit the Ryukyu Islands, of which two species were also found in the greenhouses of mainland Japan, including the first record of

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GastropodaAnimalsDNAEcosystemHumansJapanMalePhylogenyDNACOIGreenhousesLaevicaulis alteMollusksRyukyu IslandsSarasinula plebeiaSemperula wallaceiVeronicellidae

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