Dr Peter Teske

Postdoctoral Fellow

Molecular Ecology Lab
Department of Biological Sciences
Macquarie University
Sydney, NSW 2109 Australia
Phone: 61 (2) 9850 9251; Fax: 61 (2) 9850 7972
E-mail: Peter.Teske@bio.mq.edu.au

Research Interests

- Identification of phylogeographic patterns in coastal invertebrates and fishes, and elucidation of how they became established and are maintained
- Identification of cryptic species in the marine habitat
- Seahorse genetics and ecology
- Development of primers for nuclear markers (microsatellites and intron-containing genes) to complement mitochondrial DNA data
- Reconstruction of the phylogenies of various marine invertebrates, and molecular dating to explore causes of cladogenesis

Research Projects

- Dispersal patterns and population structure of marine invertebrates along the coastalines of Australia (see MEGMAR) and southern Africa (with Christopher McQuaid)
- Phylogenetics of the ascidian species complex Pyura stolonifera/herdmani/praeputialis (with Marc Rius Viladomiu)
- Phylogeography of the red roman, Chrysoblephus laticeps (with Fabien Forget and Paul Cowley)
- Phylogenetics of the limpet genus Siphonaria (with Paula de Coito, George Branch and Rauri Bowie)
- Phylogenetics of the snail genus Tricolia (with Tshifiwa Nangammbi, Dai Herbert and Rauri Bowie)
- Phylogenetics of the crab genus Hymenosoma (with Isabelle Papadopoulos and Charles Griffiths)
- Phylogeography of southern African mudprawns, Upogebia africana (with Isabelle Papadopoulos, Brent Newman, Gerardo Zardi, Katy Nicastro and Christopher McQuaid)

Journal Reviewer

African Journal of Marine Science
Animal Conservation (3x)
Conservation Genetics
Diversity and Distributions
Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science (5x)
Invertebrate Systematics
Journal of Fish Biology
Marine Ecology Progress Series
Marine Biology (4x)
Marine & Freshwater Research
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (5x)
Zootaxa (2x)

Publications

1. Teske PR, Beheregaray LB (in review) Evolution of seahorses’ upright posture was linked to Oligocene seagrass expansion. Biology Letters

2. Teske PR, McLay C, Sandoval-Castillo J, Beheregaray LB, Papadopoulos I, Newman BK, Carvalho D, Griffiths CL, McQuaid CD, Barker NP, Borgonie G (in review) Tri-locus sequence data reject a “Gondwanan origin hypothesis” for the African/South Pacific crab genus Hymenosoma. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

3. Teske PR, Tung P, Newton K, Beheregaray LB (in review) Intron-spanning primer combinations for the amplification of the nuclear ANT gene in sea squirts (Chordata: Tunicata: Ascidiacea). Molecular Ecology Resources

4. Forget FRG, Cowley PD, Teske PR (in review) No genetic structure despite extreme philopatry among coastal populations of the South African sparid Chrysoblephus laticeps. Marine Biology

5. Newman BK, Khanyile S, Teske PR (in review) Influence of various physico-chemical parameters on larvae and adults of Callianassa kraussi Stebbing (Crustacea: Thalassinidea: Callianassidae). Estuaries and Coasts

6. Cardoso de Carvalho D, Andrade de Oliveira DA, Enemir dos Santos J, Teske PR, Beheregaray LB, Schneider H, Sampaio I (in review) Molecular phylogenetic analysis of native and introduced populations of the neotropical cichlid genus Cichla. Genetics and Molecular Biology

7. Teske PR, Winker H, McQuaid CD, Barker NP (2009) A tropical/subtropical biogeographic disjunction in southeastern Africa separates two Evolutionarily Significant Units of an estuarine prawn. Marine Biology

8. Teske PR, Beheregaray LB (2009) Microsatellite markers for the roman, Chrysoblephus laticeps (Teleostei: Sparidae), an overexploited seabream from South Africa. Molecular Ecology Resources

9. Teske PR, Beheregaray LB (2009) Intron-spanning primers for the amplification of the nuclear ANT gene in decapod crustaceans. Molecular Ecology Resources

10. Teske PR, Papadopoulos I, Newman BK, Dworschak PC, McQuaid CD, Barker NP (2008) Oceanic dispersal barriers, adaptation and larval retention: an interdisciplinary assessment of potential factors maintaining a phylogeographic break between sister lineages of an African prawn. BMC Evolutionary Biology

11. Nicastro KR, Zardi GI, McQuaid CD, Teske PR, Barker NP (2008) Coastal topography drives genetic structure in marine mussels. Marine Ecology Progress Series 368:189-195

12. D’Amato ME, Harkins GW, de Oliveira T, Teske PR, Gibbons MJ (2008) Molecular dating and biogeography of the neritic krill Nyctiphanes. Marine Biology 155:243–247

13. Teske PR, Hamilton H, Matthee CA, Barker NP (2007) Signatures of seaway closures and founder dispersal in the phylogeny of a circumglobally distributed seahorse lineage. BMC Evolutionary Biology 7, 138

14. Teske PR, Papadopoulos I, Newman BK, McQuaid CD, Barker NP (2007) Climate change, genetics or human choice: why were the shells of mankind’s earliest ornament larger in the Pleistocene than in the Holocene? PLoS ONE 2, e614

15. Teske PR, Papadopoulos I, Zardi GI, McQuaid CD, Griffiths CL, Edkins MT, Barker NP (2007) Implications of life history for genetic structure and migration rates of five southern African coastal invertebrates: planktonic, abbreviated and direct development. Marine Biology 152, 697-711

16. Teske PR, Lourie SA, Matthee CA, Green D (2007) Hippocampus queenslandicus Horne, 2001 - a new seahorse species or yet another synonym? Australian Journal of Zoology 55, 139-145

17. Teske PR, McQuaid CD, Barker NP (2007) Lack of genetic differentiation among four southeast African intertidal limpets (Siphonariidae): phenotypic plasticity in a single species? Journal of Molluscan Studies 73, 223-228

18. Zardi GI, McQuaid CD, Teske PR, Barker NP (2007). Unexpected genetic structure of mussel populations in South Africa: indigenous Perna perna and invasive Mytilus galloprovincialis. Marine Ecology Progress Series 337, 135-144

19. Teske PR, Froneman PW, McQuaid CD, Barker NP (2007) Phylogeographic structure of the caridean shrimp Palaemon peringueyi in South Africa: further evidence for intraspecific genetic units associated with marine biogeographic provinces. African Journal of Marine Science 29, 253-258

20. Edkins MT, Teske PR, Griffiths CL, Papadopulos I (2007) Genetic and morphological analyses suggest that southern African crown crabs, Hymenosoma orbiculare, represent five distinct species. Crustaceana 80, 667-683

21. Teske PR, Oosthuizen A, Papadopoulos I, Barker NP (2007) Phylogeographic structure of South African Octopus vulgaris revisited: identification of a second lineage near Durban harbour. Marine Biology 151, 2119-2122

22. Galbusera PHA, Gillemot S, Jouk P, Teske PR, Hellemans B, Volckaert FAMJ (2007) Microsatellite markers developed for the endangered Knysna seahorse, Hippocampus capensis, and their use in the detection of a genetic bottleneck. Molecular Ecology Notes 7, 638-640

23. Teske PR, Lockyear JF, Hecht, T, Kaiser H (2007) Does the endangered Knysna seahorse, Hippocampus capensis, have a preference for aquatic vegetation type, cover or height? African Zoology 42, 23-30

24. Teske PR, McQuaid CD, Froneman PW, Barker NP (2006) Impacts of marine biogeographic boundaries on phylogeographic patterns of three South African estuarine crustaceans. Marine Ecology Progress Series 314, 283-293

25. Lockyear JF, Hecht T, Kaiser H, Teske PR (2006) The distribution and abundance of the endangered Knysna seahorse, Hippocampus capensis, in South African estuaries. African Journal of Aquatic Science 31, 275-283

26. Teske PR, Hamilton H, Palsbøll PJ, Choo CK, Gabr H, Lourie SA, Santos M, Sreepada A, Cherry MI, Matthee CA (2005) Molecular evidence for long-distance colonization in an Indo-Pacific seahorse lineage. Marine Ecology Progress Series 286, 249-260

27. Teske PR, Cherry MI, Matthee CA (2004) The evolutionary history of seahorses (Syngnathidae: Hippocampus): molecular data suggest an Indo-Pacific origin and two invasions of the Atlantic Ocean. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 30, 273-286

28. Teske PR, Wooldridge TH (2004) Affinities of some common macroinvertebrates to salinity and sediment type: empirical data from Eastern Cape estuaries, South Africa. African Zoology 39, 183-192

29. Teske PR, Cherry MI, Matthee CA (2003) Population genetics of the endangered Knysna seahorse, Hippocampus capensis. Molecular Ecology 12, 1703-1715

30. Teske PR, Wooldridge TH (2003) What limits the distribution of subtidal macrobenthos in permanently open and temporarily open/closed South African estuaries? Salinity vs. sediment particle size. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 57, 225-238

31. Teske PR, Wooldridge TH (2001) A comparison of the macrobenthic faunas of permanently open and temporarily open/closed South African estuaries. Hydrobiologia 464, 227-243

In preparation:

32. Teske PR, Piggott-Smith M, Rius M, Styan C, McClusky C, Banks S, Rhamdhani S, Barker NP, McQuaid CD, Castilla C, Beheregaray LB (in prep.) Cryptic diversity within Pyura spp. (Chordata: Ascidiacea) populations from southern Africa and Australia: evidence from morphological and multi-locus genetic data.

33. Teske PR, Cowley PD, Forget FRG, Beheregaray LB (in prep.) “Spillover” out of an African Marine Protected Area in the extremely resident roman, Chrysoblephus laticeps (Teleostei: Sparidae).

34. Newton K, Beheregaray LB, Teske PR, Raftos D (in prep.) Cryptic speciation in the colonial ascidian Botrylloides leachi in Australia and New Zealand.

35. Teske PR, Beheregaray LB (in prep.) Microsatellite markers for the Australian false limpet Siphonaria zelandica (Mollusca: Gastropoda).

36. Teske PR, McQuaid CD, Barker NP, Beheregaray LB (in prep.) Planktonic larvae do not guarantee connectivity: panmixia, cryptic speciation and interspecific hybridization in limpets (Siphonaria spp.) across a southeast African marine biogeographic disjunction.