Genomic and morphological evidence of distinct populations in the endemic common (weedy) seadragon Phyllopteryx taeniolatus (Syngnathidae) along the east coast of Australia

• O. Selma Klanten ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: osklanten@me.com

  Affiliation Fish Ecology Lab, School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6296-4225

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• Michelle R. Gaither ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Michelle R. Gaither, Samuel Greaves, Kade Mills, David J. Booth

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Genomics and Bioinformatics Cluster, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States of America

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• Samuel Greaves ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Michelle R. Gaither, Samuel Greaves, Kade Mills, David J. Booth

  Roles Formal analysis, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biology, Genomics and Bioinformatics Cluster, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States of America

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• Kade Mills ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Michelle R. Gaither, Samuel Greaves, Kade Mills, David J. Booth

  Roles Formal analysis, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Victorian National Parks Association, Carlton Melbourne, VIC, Australia

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• Kristine O’Keeffe ,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Underwater Research Group (URG), Sydney, NSW, Australia

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• John Turnbull ,

  Roles Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Underwater Research Group (URG), Sydney, NSW, Australia, Centre for Marine Biodiversity and Innovation, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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• Rob McKinnon ,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service, Merimbula, NSW, Australia

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• David J. Booth

  Contributed equally to this work with: Michelle R. Gaither, Samuel Greaves, Kade Mills, David J. Booth

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Fish Ecology Lab, School of Life Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8256-1412

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