Development of 15 Microsatellite Loci for Protoreaster nodosus (Echinodermata; Asteroidea)

Fifteen polymorphic microsatellite loci were developed for the horned sea star, Protoreaster nodosus, using 454 sequencing of microsatellite enriched genomic libraries. The 15 loci were characterized in 24 individuals from the Indonesian archipelago. We found a mean of 7 alleles per locus and observed levels of heterozygosity ranged from 0.042 to 0.875. All loci confirmed to Hardy– Weinberg expectations and no pairs of loci showed significant evidence of linkage disequilibrium. Conservation Genet Resour ISSN 1877-7252