Abstract:
The aim of our study was to identify the genetic and phylogenetic characteristics of spiny lobster Panulirus versicolor in Cendrawasih Bay, Indonesia and their relationship with P. versicolor lobsters elsewhere in several Pacific and Indian Oceans domains based on the cytochrome oxidase I (COI) gene. We collected tissue samples from five P. versicolor individuals in Cenderawasih Bay. We detected that there were 5 haplotypes with a diversity value of haplotype (Hd) and nucleotides (Pi) respectively Hd=1.000 and nucleotides Pi=0.00841. Our data show that some P. versicolor individuals from Cenderawasih Bay were closely related to P. versicolor lobsters in other regions of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. We observed the P. versicolor of Cenderawsih Bay form a monophyletic clade with P. versicolor in other part of the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean based on the reconstruction of phylogenetic trees. As well as the haplotype distribution showed no sample area genetically isolated from the others.
