Global diversity of the Placozoa - PubMed (original) (raw)

Figure 5. Worldwide distribution of genetically characterized placozoan specimens.

The ten newly genotyped sites from this study are marked as circles and known genotypes from other studies are marked as squares. Samples from aquaria or holding tanks (‘aquarium samples’) with only a presumed/guessed origin are labeled with dashed lines. Note that several numbers combine multiple sampling sites. The color-coded bars and spots on the left and right mark the latitudinal distribution of the clades with at least two isolates from different locations each. Clades with a higher latitudinal distribution are also found in more habitats (see legend inlet). Modified from Eitel & Schierwater, 2010 . 1. Western Samoa; 2. Moorea, French Polynesia; 3. Oahu, Hawaii, US; 4. Monterey Bay, California, US (A.s.); 5. Pacific coast of Panama; 6. Twin Cays, Belize; 7. Puerto Morelos, Mexico and Roatan, Honduras; 8. Bahamas; 9. Cahuita, Costa Rica; 10. Galeta, Panama; 11. Discovery Bay, Jamaica; 12. Bocas del Toro, Panama; 13. Cubagua, Venezuela; 14. Grenada; 15. Puerto Rico; 16. Florida, US; 17. North Carolina, US; 18. Philadelphia, US; 19. Woods Hole, US; 20. Bermuda, GB; 21. Sao Sebastiao Channel, Brazil; 22. Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Spain; 23. Quinta do Lorde Marina, Madeira, Portugal; 24. Roscoff, France; 25. Plymouth, GB (A.s.); 26. Banyuls-sur-Mer, France; 27. Castiglioncello, Italy; 28. Orbetello Lagoon, Italy; 29. Gulf of Trieste and Gulf of Naples, Italy; 30. Otranto, Italy; 31. Katerini and Ormos Panagias, Greece; 32. Turunc, Turkey; 33. Caesarea, Israel; 34. Almunecar, Granada, Spain; 35. Cala Rajada, Majorca, Spain ; 36. Cassis, France; 37. Yasmine and Zarzis, Tunisia; 38. San Felice Circeo, Italy; 39. Porto Cesareo, Italy; 40. Elat, Israel; 41. Mombasa, Kenya; 42. Reunion ; 43. Mauritius, France; 44. Laem Pakarang, Thailand; 45. Indonesia (A.s.); 46. Bali, Indonesia; 47. Adelaide, Australia; 48. ‘Indo-Pacific’ (A.s.); 49. Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia ; 50. Zambales, Philippines; 51. Hong Kong, China; 52. Russian coast of the Sea of Japan; 53. Oki Island, Japan; 54. Shimoda, Honshu, Japan; 55. Shirahama, Honshu, Japan; 56. Chatan, Okinawa, Japan; 57. Iriomote, Ryukyu Islands, Japan; 58. Boracay, Philippines; 59. Guam, US; 60. Palau; 61. Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia; 62. Madang, Papua New Guinea; 63. Lizard Island, Australia; 64. Townsville, Orpheus Island and Heron Island, Australia.