First observations on the electrophoretic variability ofAlcyonium digitatumlinnaeus, 1758 (Cnidaria, Octocorallia)

Abstract
The specific name Alcyonium digitatum Linnaeus (Octocorals) in fact corresponds to a complex of genetically isolated populations, perhaps representing sibling species, one of which is found on the coasts of Nord‐Finistère, a second in the Pas‐de‐Calais, and a third in Sweden. i