RESEARCH ARTICLE Southernmost records of Escarpia spicata and Lamellibrachia barhami (Annelida: Siboglinidae) confirmed with DNA obtained from dried tubes collected from undiscovered reducing environments in northern Chile 1 2,3 Genki Kobayashi , Juan Francisco ArayaID * 1 Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan, 2 Centro de Investigaciones Costeras de la Universidad de Atacama (CIC-UDA), Universidad de a1111111111 Atacama, Copayapu 485, CopiapoÂ, RegioÂn de Atacama, Chile, 3 Programa de Doctorado en SistemaÂtica y a1111111111 Biodiversidad, Universidad de ConcepcioÂn, ConcepcioÂn, Chile a1111111111 a1111111111 *
[email protected] a1111111111 Abstract Deep-sea fishing bycatch enables collection of samples of rare species that are not easily OPEN ACCESS accessible, for research purposes. However, these specimens are often degraded, losing Citation: Kobayashi G, Araya JF (2018) diagnostic morphological characteristics. Several tubes of vestimentiferans, conspicuous Southernmost records of Escarpia spicata and annelids endemic to chemosynthetic environments, were obtained from a single batch of Lamellibrachia barhami (Annelida: Siboglinidae) deep-sea fishing bycatch at depths of around 1,500 m off Huasco, northern Chile, as part of confirmed with DNA obtained from dried tubes collected from undiscovered reducing an ongoing study examining bycatch species. DNA sequences of the mitochondrial cyto- environments in northern Chile. PLoS ONE 13(10): chrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene and an intron region within the hemoglobin subunit e0204959. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. B2 (hbB2i) were successfully determined using vestimentiferans' dried-up tubes and their pone.0204959 degraded inner tissue. Molecular phylogenetic analyses based on DNA sequence identified Editor: Feng ZHANG, Nanjing Agricultural the samples as Escarpia spicata Jones, 1985, and Lamellibrachia barhami Webb, 1969.