Table 1. Primers used for amplifying and sequencing the molecular markers.
Primers Sequence References
Mitochondrial coding genes
COI
LCO1490-JJ CHACWAAYCATAAAGATATYGG Astrin & Stüben 2008
HCO2198-JJ AWACTTCVGGRTGVCCAAARAATCA Astrin & Stüben 2008
Ron (F) GGATCACCTGATATAGCATTCCC Simon et al. 1994
MidR (R) AATATRTGRTGDGCYCAWACHA Cryan & Svenson 2010
Nuclear ribosomal genes
18S
a2.0 (F) ATGGTTGCAAAGCTGAAAC Whiting et al. 1997
9R (R) GATCCTTCCGCAGGTTCACCTAC Whiting 2002
28S
EE (F) CCGCTAAGGAGTGTGTAA Hillis & Dixon 1991; Cryan et al. 2000
MM (R) GAAGTTACGGATCTARTTTG Hillis & Dixon 1991; Cryan et al. 2000
Lalt (F) CCTCGGACCTTGAAAATCC Dietrich et al. 2001
Galt (R) TGTCTCCTTACAGTGCCAGA Dietrich et al. 2001
V (F) GTAGCCAAATGCCTCGTCA Hillis & Dixon 1991; Cryan et al. 2000
X (R) CACAATGATAGGAAGAGCC Hillis & Dixon 1991; Cryan et al. 2000
Nuclear protein coding genes
Histone 3
HexAF (F) ATGGCTCGTACCAAGCAGACGGC Colgan et al. (1998)
HexAR (R) ATATCCTTGGGCATGATGGTGAC Colgan et al. (1998)