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ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil Advance Access originally published online on March 11, 2008
ICES Journal of Marine Science: Journal du Conseil 2008 65(3):443-452; doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsn018
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© 2008 International Council for the Exploration of the Sea. Published by Oxford Journals. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Recent moon jelly (Aurelia sp.1) blooms in Korean coastal waters suggest global expansion: examples inferred from mitochondrial COI and nuclear ITS-5.8S rDNA sequences

Jang-Seu Ki1, Dae-Sik Hwang2, Kyoungsoon Shin3, Won Duk Yoon4, Donghyun Lim5, Young Shil Kang5, Yoon Lee5 and Jae-Seong Lee1,2

1 Department of Chemistry, and the National Research Lab of Marine Molecular and Environmental Bioscience, College of Natural Sciences, Hanyang University, Seoul 133–791, South Korea
2 Department of Molecular and Environmental Bioscience, Graduate School, Hanyang University, Seoul 133–791, South Korea
3 South Sea Institute, Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute, Geoje 656–830, South Korea
4 Ocean Research Team National Fisheries Research and Development Institute, Busan 619–902, South Korea
5 Marine Ecology Research Team, National Fisheries Research and Development Institute, Busan 619–902, South Korea

Correspondence to J-S. Lee: tel: +82 2 22200769; fax: +82 2 22999450; e-mail: jslee2{at}hanyang.ac.kr

Ki, J-S., Hwang, D-S., Shin, K., Yoon, W. D., Lim, D., Kang, Y. S., Lee, Y., and Lee, J-S. 2008. Recent moon jelly (Aurelia sp.1) blooms in Korean coastal waters suggest global expansion: examples inferred from mitochondrial COI and nuclear ITS-5.8S rDNA sequences. – ICES Journal of Marine Science, 65: 443–452.

The moon jelly Aurelia was found recently in Korean coastal environments, and its dense blooms caused economic losses for fisheries and power plants. The species is tentatively recognized as Aurelia aurita; yet, its identity and origin remain elusive. To find reliable molecular evidence for its identity, we determined the DNA sequence of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene and nuclear ITS-5.8S rDNA of specimens collected from different Korean locations. We compared the nuclear and mitochondrial DNA data among specimens and demonstrated that all Korean Aurelia have an identical genotype. BLAST searches demonstrated that the Korean Aurelia matched the previously designated Aurelia sp.1. Parsimony and relevant phylogenetic analyses of the genus Aurelia demonstrated that the genotypes of Korean, Japanese, and Californian Aurelia sp.1 were nearly identical (>99.6% similarity), whereas they were significantly different (<84.1% similarity) from other Aurelia. This suggests that Aurelia sp.1, which occur in the three regions, are descendants of a single population and may have dispersed from one location. However, the dispersal time and origin of Aurelia sp.1 still remain uncertain.

Keywords: Aurelia, blooms, COI sequence, exotic species, moon jelly, phylogenetic comparison

Received 2 August 2007; accepted 26 December 2007; advance access publication 11 March 2008.


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