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

- Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
- Marine Ecology Progress Series
- Marine Biology
- Marine & Freshwater Research
- Journal of Fish Biology
- Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
- African Journal of Marine Science
- Zootaxa

Publications

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.