Figure 1.

COI sequences of three exemplificative species aligned with forward and reverse primers for the amplification of COI-5P.Clibanarius albidigitus (Phylum Arthropoda), GenBank Accession AF425321; Orconectes palmeri longimanus (Phylum Arthropoda), GenBank Accession AY701214; Bathyberthella antarctica (Phylum Mollusca), GenBank Accession AY345027. LCO1490 and HCO2198 [1]; CrustDF1 and CrustDR1 (D. Steinke unpublished in [19]); CrustF1 and CrustF2 [18]; LoboF1 and LoboR1 (present study).