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The Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) is an expanse of abyssal plain and seamounts (underwater mountains) between Hawai'i and Mexico in which mining is permitted, but the area's biodiversity is poorly understood. The vast majority of invertebrate species found in a recent survey of the CCZ were hitherto unknown to scientists, and sampling for animal life has been highly concentrated in the eastern part of the zone. Some species like Ledella knudseni were identified both morphologically and molecularly (using DNA analysis), whereas Prionospio branchilucida and other species for which molecular sampling was impracticable were identified solely based on physical morphology. Since molecular analysis does not require distinguishing subtle physiological differences, it is       
Which choice most logically completes the text?
more likely to properly distinguish between morphologically similar but distinct invertebrate species than is the method used to identify Prionospio branchilucida.
A
more frequently used for identifying species with physiological characteristics like those of Ledella knudseni than morphological analysis is.
B
better suited to distinguishing Prionospio branchilucida from morphologically similar species than to distinguishing Ledella knudseni from morphologically similar species.
C
capable of providing greater physiological detail about a species than is the method used for Prionospio branchilucida.
D