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Martínez M, Harms L, Abele D, Held C. Mitochondrial Heteroplasmy and PCR Amplification Bias Lead to Wrong Species Delimitation with High Confidence in the South American and Antarctic Marine Bivalve Aequiyoldia eightsii Species Complex. Genes (Basel) 2023; 14:genes14040935. [PMID: 37107693 PMCID: PMC10138075 DOI: 10.3390/genes14040935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2023] [Revised: 04/04/2023] [Accepted: 04/05/2023] [Indexed: 04/29/2023] Open
Abstract
The species delimitation of the marine bivalve species complex Aequiyoldia eightsii in South America and Antarctica is complicated by mitochondrial heteroplasmy and amplification bias in molecular barcoding. In this study, we compare different data sources (mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) sequences; nuclear and mitochondrial SNPs). Whilst all the data suggest that populations on either side of the Drake Passage belong to different species, the picture is less clear within Antarctic populations, which harbor three distinct mitochondrial lineages (p-dist ≈ 6%) that coexist in populations and in a subset of individuals with heteroplasmy. Standard barcoding procedures lead to amplification bias favoring either haplotype unpredictably and thus overestimate the species richness with high confidence. However, nuclear SNPs show no differentiation akin to the trans-Drake comparison, suggesting that the Antarctic populations represent a single species. Their distinct haplotypes likely evolved during periods of temporary allopatry, whereas recombination eroded similar differentiation patterns in the nuclear genome after secondary contact. Our study highlights the importance of using multiple data sources and careful quality control measures to avoid bias and increase the accuracy of molecular species delimitation. We recommend an active search for mitochondrial heteroplasmy and haplotype-specific primers for amplification in DNA-barcoding studies.
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- Mariano Martínez
- Functional Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Alfred Wegener Institute, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
- Oceanografía y Ecología Marina, Instituto de Ecología y Ciencias Ambientales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Iguá 4225, Montevideo 11400, Uruguay
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- Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Alfred Wegener Institute, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
- Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity at the University of Oldenburg (HIFMB), Ammerländer Herrstrasse 231, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
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- Functional Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Alfred Wegener Institute, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
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- Functional Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Alfred Wegener Institute, Am Handelshafen 12, 27570 Bremerhaven, Germany
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Hupało K, Copilaș-Ciocianu D, Leese F, Weiss M. Morphology, nuclear SNPs and mate selection reveal that COI barcoding overestimates species diversity in a Mediterranean freshwater amphipod by an order of magnitude. Cladistics 2023; 39:129-143. [PMID: 36576962 DOI: 10.1111/cla.12520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2022] [Revised: 11/25/2022] [Accepted: 11/28/2022] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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DNA sequence information has revealed many morphologically cryptic species worldwide. For animals, DNA-based assessments of species diversity usually rely on the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene. However, a growing amount of evidence indicate that mitochondrial markers alone can lead to misleading species diversity estimates due to mito-nuclear discordance. Therefore, reports of putative species based solely on mitochondrial DNA should be verified by other methods, especially in cases where COI sequences are identical for different morphospecies or where divergence within the same morphospecies is high. Freshwater amphipods are particularly interesting in this context because numerous putative cryptic species have been reported. Here, we investigated the species status of the numerous mitochondrial molecular operational taxonomic units (MOTUs) found within Echinogammarus sicilianus. We used an integrative approach combining DNA barcoding with mate selection observations, detailed morphometrics and genome-wide double digest restriction site-associated DNA sequencing (ddRAD-seq). Within a relatively small sampling area, we detected twelve COI MOTUs (divergence = 1.8-20.3%), co-occurring in syntopy at two-thirds of the investigated sites. We found that pair formation was random and there was extensive nuclear gene flow among the ten MOTUs co-occurring within the same river stretch. The four most common MOTUs were also indistinguishable with respect to functional morphology. Therefore, the evidence best fits the hypothesis of a single, yet genetically diverse, species within the main river system. The only two MOTUs sampled outside the focal area were genetically distinct at the nuclear level and may represent distinct species. Our study reveals that COI-based species delimitation can significantly overestimate species diversity, highlighting the importance of integrative taxonomy for species validation, especially in hyperdiverse complexes with syntopically occurring mitochondrial MOTUs.
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- Kamil Hupało
- Aquatic Ecosystem Research, Faculty of Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstr. 5, Essen, 45141, Germany
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- Nature Research Centre, Laboratory of Evolutionary Ecology of Hydrobionts, Akademijos 2, Vilnius, 08412, Lithuania
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- Aquatic Ecosystem Research, Faculty of Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstr. 5, Essen, 45141, Germany.,Centre for Water and Environmental Research (ZWU), University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstr. 2, Essen, 45141, Germany
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- Aquatic Ecosystem Research, Faculty of Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstr. 5, Essen, 45141, Germany.,Centre for Water and Environmental Research (ZWU), University of Duisburg-Essen, Universitätsstr. 2, Essen, 45141, Germany
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Salabao L, Plevoets T, Frédérich B, Lepoint G, Kochzius M, Schön I. Describing novel mitochondrial genomes of Antarctic amphipods. Mitochondrial DNA B Resour 2022; 7:810-818. [PMID: 35573593 PMCID: PMC9103263 DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2022.2073837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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To date, only one mitogenome from an Antarctic amphipod has been published. Here, novel complete mitochondrial genomes (mitogenomes) of two morphospecies are assembled, namely, Charcotia amundseni and Eusirus giganteus. For the latter species, we have assembled two mitogenomes from different genetic clades of this species. The lengths of Eusirus and Charcotia mitogenomes range from 15,534 to 15,619 base pairs and their mitogenomes are composed of 13 protein coding genes, 22 transfer RNAs, 2 ribosomal RNAs, and 1 putative control region CR. Some tRNAs display aberrant structures suggesting that minimalization is also ongoing in amphipod mitogenomes. The novel mitogenomes of the two Antarctic species have features distinguishing them from other amphipod mitogenomes such as a lower AT-richness in the whole mitogenomes and a negative GC- skew in both strands of protein coding genes. The genetically most variable mitochondrial regions of amphipods are nad6 and atp8, while cox1 shows low nucleotide diversity among closely and more distantly related species. In comparison to the pancrustacean mitochondrial ground pattern, E. giganteus shows a translocation of the nad1 gene, while cytb and nad6 genes are translocated in C. amundseni. Phylogenetic analysis based on mitogenomes illustrates that Eusirus and Charcotia cluster together with other species belonging to the same amphipod superfamilies. In the absence of reference nuclear genomes, mitogenomes can be useful to develop markers for studying population genetics or evolutionary relationships at higher taxonomic levels.
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- Louraine Salabao
- Laboratory of Functional and Evolutionary Morphology, FOCUS, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Zoology: Toxicology and Biodiversity, Diepenbeek, Belgium
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- Unit Animal Sciences - ILVO Marine Research, Flanders Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Oostende, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Functional and Evolutionary Morphology, FOCUS, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Trophic and Isotopes Ecology, FOCUS, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Marine Biology, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium
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- Centre for Environmental Sciences, Zoology: Toxicology and Biodiversity, Diepenbeek, Belgium
- OD Nature, Freshwater Biology, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium
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Schächinger PM, Schrödl M, Wilson NG, Moles J. Crossing the polar front—Antarctic species discovery in the nudibranch genus Tritoniella (Gastropoda). ORG DIVERS EVOL 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s13127-022-00541-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Cabezas MP, Guerra-García JM, Santos AM. Disentangling the Taxonomic Status of Caprella penantis sensu stricto (Amphipoda: Caprellidae) Using an Integrative Approach. Life (Basel) 2022; 12:155. [PMID: 35207443 PMCID: PMC8878143 DOI: 10.3390/life12020155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2021] [Revised: 01/13/2022] [Accepted: 01/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Despite its importance in intertidal and shallow-water marine ecosystems, Caprella penantis continues to be one of the most taxonomically challenging amphipods in the world. A recent molecular study focusing on C. penantis sensu stricto pointed out the existence of three highly divergent lineages, indicating the possible existence of a process of ongoing speciation and, thus, casting doubt on the taxonomic status of this species. In the present study, we used an integrative approach to continue to shed light on the taxonomy and distribution of this caprellid. To this end, we combined morphological and genetic data (COI and 18S) and included, for the first time, populations from its type locality. Our analyses provide strong evidence of the existence of potentially three distinct species, genetically and geographically restricted, within C. penantis sensu stricto, with the distribution of the true C. penantis sensu stricto restricted to the UK (type locality), the northern coast of the Iberian Peninsula, and the Azores. Results show the co-occurrence of two of these species in a locality of northern Portugal and indicate the existence of distinct evolutionary and diversification patterns along the eastern Atlantic region. Overall, our study highlights the use of an integrative approach to properly assess species boundaries and unravel hidden biodiversity in amphipods.
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- M. Pilar Cabezas
- Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal;
- CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
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- Laboratorio de Biología Marina, Departamento de Zoología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, 41012 Seville, Spain;
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- Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal;
- CIBIO-InBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal
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Maroni PJ, Baker BJ, Moran AL, Woods HA, Avila C, Johnstone GJ, Stark JS, Kocot KM, Lockhart S, Saucède T, Rouse GW, Wilson NG. One Antarctic slug to confuse them all: the underestimated diversity of Doris kerguelenensis. INVERTEBR SYST 2022. [DOI: 10.1071/is21073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Lau SCY, Strugnell JM, Sands CJ, Silva CNS, Wilson NG. Evolutionary innovations in Antarctic brittle stars linked to glacial refugia. Ecol Evol 2021; 11:17428-17446. [PMID: 34938519 PMCID: PMC8668817 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2021] [Revised: 11/01/2021] [Accepted: 11/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The drivers behind evolutionary innovations such as contrasting life histories and morphological change are central questions of evolutionary biology. However, the environmental and ecological contexts linked to evolutionary innovations are generally unclear. During the Pleistocene glacial cycles, grounded ice sheets expanded across the Southern Ocean continental shelf. Limited ice-free areas remained, and fauna were isolated from other refugial populations. Survival in Southern Ocean refugia could present opportunities for ecological adaptation and evolutionary innovation. Here, we reconstructed the phylogeographic patterns of circum-Antarctic brittle stars Ophionotus victoriae and O. hexactis with contrasting life histories (broadcasting vs brooding) and morphology (5 vs 6 arms). We examined the evolutionary relationship between the two species using cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) data. COI data suggested that O. victoriae is a single species (rather than a species complex) and is closely related to O. hexactis (a separate species). Since their recent divergence in the mid-Pleistocene, O. victoriae and O. hexactis likely persisted differently throughout glacial maxima, in deep-sea and Antarctic island refugia, respectively. Genetic connectivity, within and between the Antarctic continental shelf and islands, was also observed and could be linked to the Antarctic Circumpolar Current and local oceanographic regimes. Signatures of a probable seascape corridor linking connectivity between the Scotia Sea and Prydz Bay are also highlighted. We suggest that survival in Antarctic island refugia was associated with increase in arm number and a switch from broadcast spawning to brooding in O. hexactis, and propose that it could be linked to environmental changes (such as salinity) associated with intensified interglacial-glacial cycles.
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- Sally C. Y. Lau
- Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture and College of Science and EngineeringJames Cook UniversityTownsvilleQldAustralia
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- Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture and College of Science and EngineeringJames Cook UniversityTownsvilleQldAustralia
- Department of Ecology, Environment and EvolutionSchool of Life SciencesLa Trobe UniversityMelbourneVicAustralia
- Securing Antarctica's Environmental FutureJames Cook UniversityTownsvilleQldAustralia
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- British Antarctic SurveyNatural Environment Research CouncilCambridgeUK
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- Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture and College of Science and EngineeringJames Cook UniversityTownsvilleQldAustralia
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- Collections & ResearchWestern Australian MuseumWelshpoolWAAustralia
- School of Biological SciencesUniversity of Western AustraliaPerthWAAustralia
- Securing Antarctica's Environmental FutureWestern Australian MuseumWelshpoolWAAustralia
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Bowen BW, Forsman ZH, Whitney JL, Faucci A, Hoban M, Canfield SJ, Johnston EC, Coleman RR, Copus JM, Vicente J, Toonen RJ. Species Radiations in the Sea: What the Flock? J Hered 2021; 111:70-83. [PMID: 31943081 DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esz075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2019] [Accepted: 11/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Species flocks are proliferations of closely-related species, usually after colonization of depauperate habitat. These radiations are abundant on oceanic islands and in ancient freshwater lakes, but rare in marine habitats. This contrast is well documented in the Hawaiian Archipelago, where terrestrial examples include the speciose silverswords (sunflower family Asteraceae), Drosophila fruit flies, and honeycreepers (passerine birds), all derived from one or a few ancestral lineages. The marine fauna of Hawai'i is also the product of rare colonization events, but these colonizations usually yield only one species. Dispersal ability is key to understanding this evolutionary inequity. While terrestrial fauna rarely colonize between oceanic islands, marine fauna with pelagic larvae can make this leap in every generation. An informative exception is the marine fauna that lack a pelagic larval stage. These low-dispersal species emulate a "terrestrial" mode of reproduction (brooding, viviparity, crawl-away larvae), yielding marine species flocks in scattered locations around the world. Elsewhere, aquatic species flocks are concentrated in specific geographic settings, including the ancient lakes of Baikal (Siberia) and Tanganyika (eastern Africa), and Antarctica. These locations host multiple species flocks across a broad taxonomic spectrum, indicating a unifying evolutionary phenomenon. Hence marine species flocks can be singular cases that arise due to restricted dispersal or other intrinsic features, or they can be geographically clustered, promoted by extrinsic ecological circumstances. Here, we review and contrast intrinsic cases of species flocks in individual taxa, and extrinsic cases of geological/ecological opportunity, to elucidate the processes of species radiations.
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- Brian W Bowen
- Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawai'i, Kaneohe, HI
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- Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawai'i, Kaneohe, HI
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- Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, HI
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- Math & Sciences Division, Leeward Community College, University of Hawai'i, Pearl City, HI
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- Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawai'i, Kaneohe, HI
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- Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawai'i, Kaneohe, HI
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- Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawai'i, Kaneohe, HI
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- Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawai'i, Kaneohe, HI
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- Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawai'i, Kaneohe, HI
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- Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawai'i, Kaneohe, HI
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Verheye ML, D’Udekem D’Acoz C. Integrative taxonomy of giant crested Eusirus in the Southern Ocean, including the description of a new species (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Eusiridae). Zool J Linn Soc 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Among Antarctic amphipods of the genus Eusirus, a highly distinctive clade of giant species is characterized by a dorsal, blade-shaped tooth on pereionites 5–7 and pleonites 1–3. This lineage, herein named ‘crested Eusirus’, includes two potential species complexes, the Eusirus perdentatus and Eusirus giganteus complexes, in addition to the more distinctive Eusirus propeperdentatus. Molecular phylogenies and statistical parsimony networks (COI, CytB and ITS2) of crested Eusirus are herein reconstructed. This study aims to formally revise species diversity within crested Eusirus by applying several species delimitation methods (Bayesian implementation of the Poisson tree processes model, general mixed Yule coalescent, multi-rate Poisson tree processes and automatic barcode gap discovery) on the resulting phylogenies. In addition, results from the DNA-based methods are benchmarked against a detailed morphological analysis of all available specimens of the E. perdentatus complex. Our results indicate that species diversity of crested Eusirus is underestimated. Overall, DNA-based methods suggest that the E. perdentatus complex is composed of three putative species and that the E. giganteus complex includes four or five putative species. The morphological analysis of available specimens from the E. perdentatus complex corroborates molecular results by identifying two differentiable species, the genuine E. perdentatus and a new species, herein described as Eusirus pontomedon sp. nov.
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- Marie L Verheye
- Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, O.D. Nature, Rue Vautier, Brussels, Belgium
- Université de Liège, Laboratoire d’Océanologie, Quartier Agora, Allée du 6 Août, Liège, Belgium
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- Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, O.D. Nature, Rue Vautier, Brussels, Belgium
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Wattier R, Mamos T, Copilaş-Ciocianu D, Jelić M, Ollivier A, Chaumot A, Danger M, Felten V, Piscart C, Žganec K, Rewicz T, Wysocka A, Rigaud T, Grabowski M. Continental-scale patterns of hyper-cryptic diversity within the freshwater model taxon Gammarus fossarum (Crustacea, Amphipoda). Sci Rep 2020; 10:16536. [PMID: 33024224 PMCID: PMC7538970 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-73739-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2020] [Accepted: 09/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
Abstract
Traditional morphological diagnoses of taxonomic status remain widely used while an increasing number of studies show that one morphospecies might hide cryptic diversity, i.e. lineages with unexpectedly high molecular divergence. This hidden diversity can reach even tens of lineages, i.e. hyper cryptic diversity. Even well-studied model-organisms may exhibit overlooked cryptic diversity. Such is the case of the freshwater crustacean amphipod model taxon Gammarus fossarum. It is extensively used in both applied and basic types of research, including biodiversity assessments, ecotoxicology and evolutionary ecology. Based on COI barcodes of 4926 individuals from 498 sampling sites in 19 European countries, the present paper shows (1) hyper cryptic diversity, ranging from 84 to 152 Molecular Operational Taxonomic Units, (2) ancient diversification starting already 26 Mya in the Oligocene, and (3) high level of lineage syntopy. Even if hyper cryptic diversity was already documented in G. fossarum, the present study increases its extent fourfold, providing a first continental-scale insight into its geographical distribution and establishes several diversification hotspots, notably south-eastern and central Europe. The challenges of recording hyper cryptic diversity in the future are also discussed.
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- Remi Wattier
- UMR CNRS 6282 Biogéosciences, Université Bourgogne Franche Comté, Dijon, France.
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- Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Hydrobiology, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.,Zoological Institute, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Institute of Ecology, Nature Research Centre, Vilnius Nature Research Centre, Institute of Ecology, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Department of Natural Sciences, Varaždin City Museum, Varaždin, Croatia
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- UMR CNRS 6282 Biogéosciences, Université Bourgogne Franche Comté, Dijon, France
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- Laboratoire d'écotoxicologie, INRAE, UR RiverLy, Villeurbanne, France
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- UMR CNRS 73602 LIEC, Université de Lorraine, Metz, France
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- UMR CNRS 73602 LIEC, Université de Lorraine, Metz, France
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- Department of Teacher Education Studies in Gospić, University of Zadar, Gospić, Croatia
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- Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Hydrobiology, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.,University of Guelph, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, Guelph, ON, Canada
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- Department of Genetics and Biosystematics, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- UMR CNRS 6282 Biogéosciences, Université Bourgogne Franche Comté, Dijon, France
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- Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Hydrobiology, University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.
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Ruiz MB, Taverna A, Servetto N, Sahade R, Held C. Hidden diversity in Antarctica: Molecular and morphological evidence of two different species within one of the most conspicuous ascidian species. Ecol Evol 2020; 10:8127-8143. [PMID: 32788966 PMCID: PMC7417227 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2020] [Revised: 05/27/2020] [Accepted: 06/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The Southern Ocean is one of the most isolated marine ecosystems, characterized by high levels of endemism, diversity, and biomass. Ascidians are among the dominant groups in Antarctic benthic assemblages; thus, recording the evolutionary patterns of this group is crucial to improve our current understanding of the assembly of this polar ocean. We studied the genetic variation within Cnemidocarpa verrucosa sensu lato, one of the most widely distributed abundant and studied ascidian species in Antarctica. Using a mitochondrial and a nuclear gene (COI and 18S), the phylogeography of fifteen populations distributed along the West Antarctic Peninsula and Burdwood Bank/MPA Namuncurá (South American shelf) was characterized, where the distribution of the genetic distance suggested the existence of, at least, two species within nominal C. verrucosa. When reevaluating morphological traits to distinguish between genetically defined species, the presence of a basal disk in one of the genotypes could be a diagnostic morphological trait to differentiate the species. These results are surprising due to the large research that has been carried out with the conspicuous C. verrucosa with no differentiation between species. Furthermore, it provides important tools to distinguish species in the field and laboratory. But also, these results give new insights into patterns of differentiation between closely related species that are distributed in sympatry, where the permeability of species boundaries still needs to be well understood.
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- Micaela B. Ruiz
- Instituto de Diversidad y Ecología Animal (IDEA)Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)CórdobaArgentina
- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y NaturalesDepartamento de Diversidad Biológica y Ecología, Ecología MarinaUniversidad Nacional de CórdobaCórdobaArgentina
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- Instituto de Diversidad y Ecología Animal (IDEA)Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)CórdobaArgentina
- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y NaturalesDepartamento de Diversidad Biológica y Ecología, Ecología MarinaUniversidad Nacional de CórdobaCórdobaArgentina
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- Instituto de Diversidad y Ecología Animal (IDEA)Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)CórdobaArgentina
- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y NaturalesDepartamento de Diversidad Biológica y Ecología, Ecología MarinaUniversidad Nacional de CórdobaCórdobaArgentina
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- Instituto de Diversidad y Ecología Animal (IDEA)Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)CórdobaArgentina
- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y NaturalesDepartamento de Diversidad Biológica y Ecología, Ecología MarinaUniversidad Nacional de CórdobaCórdobaArgentina
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- Section Functional Ecology, Evolutionary MacroecologyAlfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz‐Zentrum für Polar‐ und MeeresforschungBremerhavenGermany
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Marrone F, Vecchioni L, Deidun A, Mabrouki Y, Arab A, Arculeo M. DNA taxonomy of the potamid freshwater crabs from Northern Africa (Decapoda, Potamidae). ZOOL SCR 2020. [DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Federico Marrone
- Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (STEBICEF) University of Palermo Palermo Italy
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- Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (STEBICEF) University of Palermo Palermo Italy
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- Department of Geosciences Physical Oceanography Research Group University of Malta Msida Malta
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- Faculty of Sciences Dhar el Mahraz (Biotechnology, Conservation and Valorisation of Natural Resources Laboratory) Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University Fes Morocco
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- University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene AlgiersAlgeria
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- Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (STEBICEF) University of Palermo Palermo Italy
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Bogantes VE, Whelan NV, Webster K, Mahon AR, Halanych KM. Unrecognized diversity of a scale worm,Polyeunoa laevis(Annelida: Polynoidae), that feeds on soft coral. ZOOL SCR 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Viktoria E. Bogantes
- Department of Biological Sciences Molette Biology Laboratory for Environmental and Climate Change Studies Auburn University Auburn AL USA
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- Southeast Conservation Genetics Lab Warm Springs Fish Technology Center United States Fish and Wildlife Service Auburn AL USA
- School of Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences Auburn University Auburn AL USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences Molette Biology Laboratory for Environmental and Climate Change Studies Auburn University Auburn AL USA
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- Department of Biology Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant MI USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences Molette Biology Laboratory for Environmental and Climate Change Studies Auburn University Auburn AL USA
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Galipaud M, Bollache L, Lagrue C. Acanthocephalan infection patterns in amphipods: a reappraisal in the light of recently discovered host cryptic diversity. DISEASES OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS 2019; 136:107-121. [PMID: 31575838 DOI: 10.3354/dao03379] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Amphipods are model species in studies of pervasive biological patterns such as sexual selection, size assortative pairing and parasite infection patterns. Cryptic diversity (i.e. morphologically identical but genetically divergent lineages) has recently been detected in several species. Potential effects of such hidden diversity on biological patterns remain unclear, but potentially significant, and beg the question of whether we have missed part of the picture by involuntarily overlooking the occurrence and effects of cryptic diversity on biological patterns documented by previous studies. Here we tested for potential effects of cryptic diversity on parasite infection patterns in amphipod populations and discuss the implications of our results in the context of previously documented host-parasite infection patterns, especially amphipod-acanthocephalan associations. We assessed infection levels (prevalence and abundance) of 3 acanthocephalan species (Pomphorhynchus laevis, P. tereticollis and Polymorphus minutus) among cryptic lineages of the Gammarus pulex/G. fossarum species complex and G. roeseli from sampling sites where they occur in sympatry. We also evaluated potential differences in parasite-induced mortality among host molecular operational taxonomic units (MOTUs)-parasite species combinations. Acanthocephalan prevalence, abundance and parasite-induced mortality varied widely among cryptic MOTUs and parasite species; infection patterns were more variable among MOTUs than sampling sites. Overall, cryptic diversity in amphipods strongly influenced apparent infection levels and parasite-induced mortality. Future research on species with cryptic diversity should account for potential effects on documented biological patterns. Results from previous studies may also need to be reassessed in light of cryptic diversity and its pervasive effects.
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- Matthias Galipaud
- Laboratoire Biogéosciences, UMR CNRS 6282 , Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 21000 Dijon, France
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Peres PA, Azevedo-Silva M, Andrade SCS, Leite FPP. Is there host-associated differentiation in marine herbivorous amphipods? Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/bly202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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- Pedro A Peres
- Department of Animal Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil
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- Department of Animal Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil
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- Department of Genetics and Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Biosciences, University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil
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- Department of Animal Biology, Institute of Biology, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil
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Hupało K, Teixeira MAL, Rewicz T, Sezgin M, Iannilli V, Karaman GS, Grabowski M, Costa FO. Persistence of phylogeographic footprints helps to understand cryptic diversity detected in two marine amphipods widespread in the Mediterranean basin. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2018; 132:53-66. [PMID: 30476552 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2018] [Revised: 11/16/2018] [Accepted: 11/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Amphipods of the genus Gammarus are a vital component of macrozoobenthic communities in European inland and coastal, marine and brackish waters of the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. Exceptional levels of cryptic diversity have been revealed for several widespread freshwater Gammarus species in Europe. No comprehensive assessment has yet been made for brackishwater counterparts, such as Gammarus aequicauda and G. insensibilis, which are among the most widely dispersed members of the so-called "G. locusta group" in the Mediterranean and in the Black Sea. Here we probe the diversity of these morphospecies examining the partitioning of mtDNA and nDNA across multiple populations along their distribution range and discuss it within the regional paleogeographic framework. We gathered molecular data from a collection of 166 individuals of G. aequicauda and G. insensibilis from 47 locations along their distribution range in the Mediterranean including the Black Sea. They were amplified for both mitochondrial COI and 16S rRNA as well as the nuclear 28S rRNA. All five MOTU delimitation methods (ABGD, BIN, bPTP, GMYC single and multiple threshold models) applied revealed deep divergence between Black Sea and Mediterranean populations in both G. aequicauda and G. insensibilis. There were eight distinct MOTUs delimited for G. aequicauda (6-18% K2P) and 4 MOTUs for G. insensibilis (4-14% K2P). No sympatric MOTUs were detected throughout their distribution range. Multimarker time-calibrated phylogeny indicated that divergence of both G. aequicauda and G. insensibilis species complexes started already in the late Oligocene/early Miocene with the split between clades inhabiting eastern and western part of the Mediterranean occurring in both species at the similar time. Our results indicate a high cryptic diversity within Mediterranean brackishwater Gammarus, similar to that observed for freshwater counterparts. Moreover, the phylogenetic history combined with the current geographic distribution indicate that the evolution of both studied Gammarus morphogroups has been strongly connected with the geological events in the Mediterranean Basin and it reflect the turbulent history of the area.
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- K Hupało
- Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Hydrobiology, University of Lodz, Banacha 12/16, 90-237 Łódź, Poland.
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- Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology (CBMA), Department of Biology, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal; Institute of Science and Innovation for Bio-Sustainability (IB-S), University of Minho, Portugal
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- Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Hydrobiology, University of Lodz, Banacha 12/16, 90-237 Łódź, Poland
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- Sinop University Fisheries Faculty, Marine Biology and Ecology Department, Sinop, Turkey
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- ENEA C.R. Casaccia, via Anguillarese 301, 00123 Rome, Italy
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- Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts, Riste Stijovica Podgorica Črna Gora, Montenegro
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- Department of Invertebrate Zoology and Hydrobiology, University of Lodz, Banacha 12/16, 90-237 Łódź, Poland
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- Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology (CBMA), Department of Biology, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal; Institute of Science and Innovation for Bio-Sustainability (IB-S), University of Minho, Portugal
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Halanych KM, Mahon AR. Challenging Dogma Concerning Biogeographic Patterns of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. ANNUAL REVIEW OF ECOLOGY EVOLUTION AND SYSTEMATICS 2018. [DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-121415-032139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Antarctica is enormous, cold, remote, and particularly sensitive to climate change. Most biological research below 60°S has focused on the isolated nature of the biota and how organisms have adapted to the cold and ice. However, biogeographic patterns in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean, and the processes explaining how those patterns came about, still await adequate explanation. Both terrestrial and marine organisms have been influenced by climatic change (e.g., glaciation), physical phenomena (e.g., oceanic currents), and/or potential barriers to gene flow (e.g., steep thermal gradients). Whereas the Antarctic region contains diverse and complex marine communities, terrestrial systems tend to be comparatively simple with limited diversity. Here, we challenge the current dogma used to explain the diversity and biogeographic patterns present in the Antarctic. We assert that relatively modern processes within the last few million years, rather than geo-logical events that occurred in the Eocene and Miocene, account for present patterns of biodiversity in the region. Additionally, reproductive life history stages appear to have little influence in structuring genetic patterns in the Antarctic, as currents and glacial patterns are noted to be more important drivers of organismal patterns of distribution. Finally, we highlight the need for additional sampling, high-throughput genomic approaches, and broad, multinational cooperation for addressing outstanding questions of Antarctic biogeography and biodiversity.
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- Kenneth M. Halanych
- Molette Biology Laboratory for Environmental and Climate Change Studies, Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849, USA
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- Department of Biology, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48859, USA
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Moore JM, Carvajal JI, Rouse GW, Wilson NG. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current isolates and connects: Structured circumpolarity in the sea star Glabraster antarctica. Ecol Evol 2018; 8:10621-10633. [PMID: 30464833 PMCID: PMC6238125 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.4551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2018] [Accepted: 08/22/2018] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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AIM The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) connects benthic populations by transporting larvae around the continent, but also isolates faunas north and south of the Antarctic Convergence. We test circumpolar panmixia and dispersal across the Antarctic Convergence barrier in the benthic sea star Glabraster antarctica. LOCATION The Southern Ocean and south Atlantic Ocean, with comprehensive sampling including the Magellanic region, Scotia Arc, Antarctic Peninsula, Ross Sea, and East Antarctica. METHODS The cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene (n = 285) and the internal transcribed spacer region 2 (ITS2; n = 33) were sequenced. We calculated haplotype networks for each genetic marker and estimated population connectivity and the geographic distribution of genetic structure using ΦST for COI data. RESULTS Glabraster antarctica is a single circum-Antarctic species with instances of gene flow between distant locations. Despite the homogenizing potential of the ACC, population structure is high (ΦST = 0.5236), and some subpopulations are genetically isolated. Genetic breaks in the Magellanic region do not align with the Antarctic Convergence, in contrast with prior studies. Connectivity patterns in East Antarctic sites are not uniform, with some regional isolation and some surprising affinities to the distant Magellanic and Scotia Arc regions. MAIN CONCLUSIONS Despite gene flow over extraordinary distances, there is strong phylogeographic structuring and genetic barriers evident between geographically proximate regions (e.g., Shag Rocks and South Georgia). Circumpolar panmixia is rejected, although some subpopulations show a circumpolar distribution. Stepping-stone dispersal occurs within the Scotia Arc but does not appear to facilitate connectivity across the Antarctic Convergence. The patterns of genetic connectivity in Antarctica are complex and should be considered in protected area planning for Antarctica.
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- Jenna M. Moore
- Florida Museum of Natural HistoryUniversity of FloridaGainesvilleFlorida
- Scripps Institution of OceanographyUCSDLa JollaCalifornia
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- Scripps Institution of OceanographyUCSDLa JollaCalifornia
- Western Australian MuseumWelshpoolWestern AustraliaAustralia
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- Scripps Institution of OceanographyUCSDLa JollaCalifornia
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- Scripps Institution of OceanographyUCSDLa JollaCalifornia
- Western Australian MuseumWelshpoolWestern AustraliaAustralia
- University of Western AustraliaCrawleyWestern AustraliaAustralia
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Leiva C, Riesgo A, Avila C, Rouse GW, Taboada S. Population structure and phylogenetic relationships of a new shallow-water Antarctic phyllodocid annelid. ZOOL SCR 2018. [DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Carlos Leiva
- Department of Genetics Microbiology and Statistics, Facultat de Biologia; Universitat de Barcelona; Barcelona Spain
- Department of Life Sciences; Natural History Museum of London; London UK
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- Department of Life Sciences; Natural History Museum of London; London UK
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology, and Environmental Sciences; Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona; Barcelona Spain
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- MBRD; Scripps Institution of Oceanography; La Jolla California
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- Department of Life Sciences; Natural History Museum of London; London UK
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Arrigoni R, Berumen ML, Stolarski J, Terraneo TI, Benzoni F. Uncovering hidden coral diversity: a new cryptic lobophylliid scleractinian from the Indian Ocean. Cladistics 2018; 35:301-328. [DOI: 10.1111/cla.12346] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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- Roberto Arrigoni
- Red Sea Research Center Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Thuwal 23955‐6900 Saudi Arabia
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- Red Sea Research Center Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Thuwal 23955‐6900 Saudi Arabia
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- Institute of Paleobiology Polish Academy of Sciences Twarda 51/55 Warsaw PL‐00‐818 Poland
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- Red Sea Research Center Division of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Thuwal 23955‐6900 Saudi Arabia
- College of Marine and Environmental Science James Cook University Townsville QLD 4811 Australia
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences University of Milano‐Bicocca Piazza della Scienza 2 Milano 20126 Italy
- UMR ENTROPIE (IRD, Université de La Réunion, CNRS) Laboratoire d'excellence‐CORAIL Centre IRD de Nouméa 101 Promenade Roger Laroque, BP A5 Noumea Cedex 98848 New Caledonia
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Díaz A, Gérard K, González-Wevar C, Maturana C, Féral JP, David B, Saucède T, Poulin E. Genetic structure and demographic inference of the regular sea urchin Sterechinus neumayeri (Meissner, 1900) in the Southern Ocean: The role of the last glaciation. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0197611. [PMID: 29874287 PMCID: PMC5991379 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0197611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2017] [Accepted: 05/04/2018] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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One of the most relevant characteristics of the extant Southern Ocean fauna is its resiliency to survive glacial processes of the Quaternary. These climatic events produced catastrophic habitat reductions and forced some marine benthic species to move, adapt or go extinct. The marine benthic species inhabiting the Antarctic upper continental shelf faced the Quaternary glaciations with different strategies that drastically modified population sizes and thus affected the amount and distribution of intraspecific genetic variation. Here we present new genetic information for the most conspicuous regular sea urchin of the Antarctic continental shelf, Sterechinus neumayeri. We studied the patterns of genetic diversity and structure in this broadcast-spawner across three Antarctic regions: Antarctic Peninsula, the Weddell Sea and Adélie Land in East Antarctica. Genetic analyses based on mitochondrial and nuclear markers suggested that S. neumayeri is a single genetic unit around the Antarctic continent. The species is characterized by low levels of genetic diversity and exhibits a typical star-like haplotype genealogy that supports the hypothesis of a single in situ refugium. Based on two mutation rates standardized for this genus, the Bayesian Skyline plot analyses detected a rapid demographic expansion after the Last Glacial Maximum. We propose a scenario of rapid postglacial expansion and recolonization of Antarctic shallow areas from a less ice-impacted refugium where the species survived the LGM. Considering the patterns of genetic diversity and structure recorded in the species, this refugium was probably located in East Antarctica.
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- Angie Díaz
- Departamento de Zoología, Universida d de Concepción, Barrio Universitario s/n, Concepción, Chile
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- Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Magallanes, Bulnes, Punta Arenas, Chile
- Laboratorio de Ecología Molecular Antártica y Subantártica, Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile
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- Laboratorio de Ecología Molecular Antártica y Subantártica, Universidad de Magallanes, Punta Arenas, Chile
- Instituto de Ciencias Marinas y Limnológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile
- Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad (IEB), Departamento de Ciencias Ecológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras, Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile
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- Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad (IEB), Departamento de Ciencias Ecológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras, Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile
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- UMR 7263—IMBE, Station Marine d’Endoume, Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d’Ecologie Marine et continentale, Chemin de la Batterie des Lions,Marseille, France
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- Biogéosciences, UMR CNRS 6282, Université de Bourgogne, boulevard Gabriel, Dijon, France
- Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
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- UMR 7263—IMBE, Station Marine d’Endoume, Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d’Ecologie Marine et continentale, Chemin de la Batterie des Lions,Marseille, France
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- Instituto de Ecología y Biodiversidad (IEB), Departamento de Ciencias Ecológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Las Palmeras, Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile
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Soler-Membrives A, Linse K, Miller KJ, Arango CP. Genetic signature of Last Glacial Maximum regional refugia in a circum-Antarctic sea spider. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2017; 4:170615. [PMID: 29134072 PMCID: PMC5666255 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.170615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2017] [Accepted: 09/18/2017] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The evolutionary history of Antarctic organisms is becoming increasingly important to understand and manage population trajectories under rapid environmental change. The Antarctic sea spider Nymphon australe, with an apparently large population size compared with other sea spider species, is an ideal target to look for molecular signatures of past climatic events. We analysed mitochondrial DNA of specimens collected from the Antarctic continent and two Antarctic islands (AI) to infer past population processes and understand current genetic structure. Demographic history analyses suggest populations survived in refugia during the Last Glacial Maximum. The high genetic diversity found in the Antarctic Peninsula and East Antarctic (EA) seems related to multiple demographic contraction-expansion events associated with deep-sea refugia, while the low genetic diversity in the Weddell Sea points to a more recent expansion from a shelf refugium. We suggest the genetic structure of N. australe from AI reflects recent colonization from the continent. At a local level, EA populations reveal generally low genetic differentiation, geographically and bathymetrically, suggesting limited restrictions to dispersal. Results highlight regional differences in demographic histories and how these relate to the variation in intensity of glaciation-deglaciation events around Antarctica, critical for the study of local evolutionary processes. These are valuable data for understanding the remarkable success of Antarctic pycnogonids, and how environmental changes have shaped the evolution and diversification of Southern Ocean benthic biodiversity.
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- Anna Soler-Membrives
- Unitat de Zoologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environmental Research Council, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB30ET, UK
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- Australian Institute of Marine Science, Indian Ocean Marine Research Centre Fairway, cnr Service Road 4, Crawley, Western Australia 6009, Australia
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- Biodiversity and Geosciences Program, Queensland Museum, PO Box 3300, South Brisbane, Queensland 4101, Australia
- Author for correspondence: Claudia P. Arango e-mail:
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Strugnell JM, Allcock AL, Watts PC. Closely related octopus species show different spatial genetic structures in response to the Antarctic seascape. Ecol Evol 2017; 7:8087-8099. [PMID: 29043058 PMCID: PMC5632630 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2017] [Revised: 06/18/2017] [Accepted: 07/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Determining whether comparable processes drive genetic divergence among marine species is relevant to molecular ecologists and managers alike. Sympatric species with similar life histories might be expected to show comparable patterns of genetic differentiation and a consistent influence of environmental factors in shaping divergence. We used microsatellite loci to quantify genetic differentiation across the Scotia Arc in three species of closely related benthic octopods, Pareledone turqueti, P. charcoti, and Adelieledone polymorpha. The relative importance of environmental factors (latitude, longitude, depth, and temperature) in shaping genetic structure was investigated when significant spatial genetic structure was uncovered. Isolated populations of P. turqueti and A. polymorpha at these species' range margins were genetically different to samples close to mainland Antarctica; however, these species showed different genetic structures at a regional scale. Samples of P. turqueti from the Antarctic Peninsula, Elephant Island, and Signy Island were genetically different, and this divergence was associated primarily with sample collection depth. By contrast, weak or nonsignificant spatial genetic structure was evident across the Antarctic Peninsula, Elephant Island, and Signy Island region for A. polymorpha, and slight associations between population divergence and temperature or depth (and/or longitude) were detected. Pareledone charcoti has a limited geographic range, but exhibited no genetic differentiation between samples from a small region of the Scotia Arc (Elephant Island and the Antarctic Peninsula). Thus, closely related species with similar life history strategies can display contrasting patterns of genetic differentiation depending on spatial scale; moreover, depth may drive genetic divergence in Southern Ocean benthos.
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- Jan M. Strugnell
- Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and AquacultureMarine Biology and Aquaculture James Cook UniversityTownsvilleQldAustralia
- Department of Ecology, Environment and EvolutionSchool of Life SciencesLa Trobe UniversityMelbourneVic.Australia
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- Ryan Institute and School of Natural SciencesNational University of Ireland GalwayGalwayIreland
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Taylor ML, Roterman CN. Invertebrate population genetics across Earth's largest habitat: The deep-sea floor. Mol Ecol 2017; 26:4872-4896. [PMID: 28833857 DOI: 10.1111/mec.14237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2017] [Revised: 06/16/2017] [Accepted: 06/19/2017] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Despite the deep sea being the largest habitat on Earth, there are just 77 population genetic studies of invertebrates (115 species) inhabiting non-chemosynthetic ecosystems on the deep-sea floor (below 200 m depth). We review and synthesize the results of these papers. Studies reveal levels of genetic diversity comparable to shallow-water species. Generally, populations at similar depths were well connected over 100s-1,000s km, but studies that sampled across depth ranges reveal population structure at much smaller scales (100s-1,000s m) consistent with isolation by adaptation across environmental gradients, or the existence of physical barriers to connectivity with depth. Few studies were ocean-wide (under 4%), and 48% were Atlantic-focused. There is strong emphasis on megafauna and commercial species with research into meiofauna, "ecosystem engineers" and other ecologically important species lacking. Only nine papers account for ~50% of the planet's surface (depths below 3,500 m). Just two species were studied below 5,000 m, a quarter of Earth's seafloor. Most studies used single-locus mitochondrial genes revealing a common pattern of non-neutrality, consistent with demographic instability or selective sweeps; similar to deep-sea hydrothermal vent fauna. The absence of a clear difference between vent and non-vent could signify that demographic instability is common in the deep sea, or that selective sweeps render single-locus mitochondrial studies demographically uninformative. The number of population genetics studies to date is miniscule in relation to the size of the deep sea. The paucity of studies constrains meta-analyses where broad inferences about deep-sea ecology could be made.
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- M L Taylor
- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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De Groote A, Hauquier F, Vanreusel A, Derycke S. Population genetic structure in Sabatieria (Nematoda) reveals intermediary gene flow and admixture between distant cold seeps from the Mediterranean Sea. BMC Evol Biol 2017; 17:154. [PMID: 28668078 PMCID: PMC5494145 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-017-1003-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2017] [Accepted: 06/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND There is a general lack of information on the dispersal and genetic structuring for populations of small-sized deep-water taxa, including free-living nematodes which inhabit and dominate the seafloor sediments. This is also true for unique and scattered deep-sea habitats such as cold seeps. Given the limited dispersal capacity of marine nematodes, genetic differentiation between such geographically isolated habitat patches is expected to be high. Against this background, we examined genetic variation in both mitochondrial (COI) and nuclear (18S and 28S ribosomal) DNA markers of 333 individuals of the genus Sabatieria, abundantly present in reduced cold-seep sediments. Samples originated from four Eastern Mediterranean cold seeps, separated by hundreds of kilometers, and one seep in the Southeast Atlantic. RESULTS Individuals from the Mediterranean and Atlantic were divided into two separate but closely-related species clades. Within the Eastern Mediterranean, all specimens belonged to a single species, but with a strong population genetic structure (ΦST = 0.149). The haplotype network of COI contained 19 haplotypes with the most abundant haplotype (52% of the specimens) shared between all four seeps. The number of private haplotypes was high (15), but the number of mutations between haplotypes was low (1-8). These results indicate intermediary gene flow among the Mediterranean Sabatieria populations with no evidence of long-term barriers to gene flow. CONCLUSIONS The presence of shared haplotypes and multiple admixture events indicate that Sabatieria populations from disjunct cold seeps are not completely isolated, with gene flow most likely facilitated through water current transportation of individuals and/or eggs. Genetic structure and molecular diversity indices are comparable to those of epiphytic shallow-water marine nematodes, while no evidence of sympatric cryptic species was found for the cold-seep Sabatieria.
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- Annelies De Groote
- Marine Biology Research Group, Biology Department, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Marine Biology Research Group, Biology Department, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Marine Biology Research Group, Biology Department, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Marine Biology Research Group, Biology Department, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
- Operational Directorate Taxonomy and Phylogeny, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences (RBINS), Rue Vautier 29, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
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Cheng J, Sha ZL. Cryptic diversity in the Japanese mantis shrimp Oratosquilla oratoria (Crustacea: Squillidae): Allopatric diversification, secondary contact and hybridization. Sci Rep 2017; 7:1972. [PMID: 28512346 PMCID: PMC5434036 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-02059-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2016] [Accepted: 04/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Mounting evidence of cryptic species in the marine realm emphasizes the necessity to thoroughly revise our current perceptions of marine biodiversity and species distributions. Here, we used mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I (mtDNA COI) and nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (nrDNA ITS) to investigate cryptic diversity and potential hybridization in the Japanese mantis shrimp Oratosquilla oratoria in the Northwestern (NW) Pacific. Both mitochondrial and nuclear gene genealogies revealed two cryptic species in this morphotaxon, which was further confirmed by extensive population-level analyses. One cryptic species is restricted to cold waters with a distribution range corresponding to temperate affinities, while the other dwelled warm waters influenced by the Kuroshio Current. Their divergence was postulated to be attributable to the vicariant event which resulted from the isolation of the Sea of Japan during the middle Pliocene (c. 3.85 Mya, 95% HPD 2.23–6.07 Mya). Allopatric speciation was maintained by limited genetic exchange due to their habitat preferences. Furthermore, the observation of recombinant nrDNA ITS sequence and intra-individual ITS polymorphism suggested recent hybridization event of the two cryptic species occurred in sympatric areas. Our study also illustrated that the Changjiang River outflow might act as an oceanic barrier to gene flow and promoted allopatric diversification in O. oratoria species complex.
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- Jiao Cheng
- Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China
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- Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China.
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Moon KL, Chown SL, Fraser CI. Reconsidering connectivity in the sub-Antarctic. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2017; 92:2164-2181. [DOI: 10.1111/brv.12327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2016] [Revised: 02/09/2017] [Accepted: 02/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Katherine L. Moon
- School of Biological Sciences; Monash University; Clayton 3800 Australia
- Fenner School of Environment and Society; Australian National University; Acton 2601 Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences; Monash University; Clayton 3800 Australia
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- Fenner School of Environment and Society; Australian National University; Acton 2601 Australia
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Brasier MJ, Wiklund H, Neal L, Jeffreys R, Linse K, Ruhl H, Glover AG. DNA barcoding uncovers cryptic diversity in 50% of deep-sea Antarctic polychaetes. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2016; 3:160432. [PMID: 28018624 PMCID: PMC5180122 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.160432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2016] [Accepted: 09/30/2016] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The Antarctic marine environment is a diverse ecosystem currently experiencing some of the fastest rates of climatic change. The documentation and management of these changes requires accurate estimates of species diversity. Recently, there has been an increased recognition of the abundance and importance of cryptic species, i.e. those that are morphologically identical but genetically distinct. This article presents the largest genetic investigation into the prevalence of cryptic polychaete species within the deep Antarctic benthos to date. We uncover cryptic diversity in 50% of the 15 morphospecies targeted through the comparison of mitochondrial DNA sequences, as well as 10 previously overlooked morphospecies, increasing the total species richness in the sample by 233%. Our ability to describe universal rules for the detection of cryptic species within polychaetes, or normalization to expected number of species based on genetic data is prevented by taxon-specific differences in phylogenetic outputs and genetic variation between and within potential cryptic species. These data provide the foundation for biogeographic and functional analysis that will provide insight into the drivers of species diversity and its role in ecosystem function.
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- Madeleine J. Brasier
- School of Environmental Science, University of Liverpool, L69 3BX, Liverpool, UK
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- Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK
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- Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK
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- School of Environmental Science, University of Liverpool, L69 3BX, Liverpool, UK
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- BioSciences, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge CB3 OET, UK
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- National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton, Waterfront Campus, Southampton SO14 3ZH, UK
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- Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK
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Verheye ML, Backeljau T, d’Udekem d’Acoz C. Looking beneath the tip of the iceberg: diversification of the genus Epimeria on the Antarctic shelf (Crustacea, Amphipoda). Polar Biol 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s00300-016-1910-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Dueñas LF, Tracey DM, Crawford AJ, Wilke T, Alderslade P, Sánchez JA. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current as a diversification trigger for deep-sea octocorals. BMC Evol Biol 2016; 16:2. [PMID: 26727928 PMCID: PMC4700699 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0574-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2015] [Accepted: 12/19/2015] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Antarctica is surrounded by the Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), the largest and strongest current in the world. Despite its potential importance for shaping biogeographical patterns, the distribution and connectivity of deep-sea populations across the ACC remain poorly understood. In this study we conducted the first assessment of phylogeographical patterns in deep-sea octocorals in the South Pacific and Southern Ocean, specifically a group of closely related bottlebrush octocorals (Primnoidae: Tokoprymno and Thourella), as a test case to study the effect of the ACC on the population structure of brooding species. We assessed the degree to which the ACC constitutes a barrier to gene flow between northern and southern populations and whether the onset of diversification of these corals coincides with the origin of the ACC (Oligocene-Miocene boundary). RESULTS Based on DNA sequences of two nuclear genes from 80 individuals and a combination of phylogeographic model-testing approaches we found a phylogenetic break corresponding to the spatial occurrence of the ACC. We also found significant genetic structure among our four regional populations. However, we uncovered shared haplotypes among certain population pairs, suggesting long-distance, asymmetrical migration. Our divergence time analyses indicated that the separation of amphi-ACC populations took place during the Middle Miocene around 12.6 million years ago, i.e., after the formation of the ACC. CONCLUSION We suggest that the ACC constitutes a semi-permeable barrier to these deep-sea octocorals capable of separating and structuring populations, while allowing short periods of gene flow. The fluctuations in latitudinal positioning of the ACC during the Miocene likely contributed to the diversification of these octocorals. Additionally, we provide evidence that the populations from each of our four sampling regions could actually constitute different species.
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- Luisa F Dueñas
- Department of Biological Sciences, Universidad de los Andes, A.A. 4976, Bogotá, Colombia.
- Department of Animal Ecology & Systematics, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany.
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- National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research-NIWA, Wellington, New Zealand.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Universidad de los Andes, A.A. 4976, Bogotá, Colombia.
- Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apartado, 0843-03092, Panama City, Republic of Panama.
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- Department of Animal Ecology & Systematics, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany.
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- CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, PO Box 1538, Hobart, Tasmania, 7001, Australia.
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Universidad de los Andes, A.A. 4976, Bogotá, Colombia.
- Department of Animal Ecology & Systematics, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany.
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David B, Saucède T, Chenuil A, Steimetz E, De Ridder C. The taxonomic challenge posed by the Antarctic echinoids Abatus bidens and Abatus cavernosus (Schizasteridae, Echinoidea). Polar Biol 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s00300-015-1842-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Diversity and distribution within the sea spider genus Pallenopsis (Chelicerata: Pycnogonida) in the Western Antarctic as revealed by mitochondrial DNA. Polar Biol 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s00300-015-1823-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Benthic foraminifera are a major component of the Antarctic biota. Coastal foraminiferal morphospecies are widely distributed in Antarctic waters. The question is whether these morphotypes are genetically identical or, rather, they represent a cohort of cryptic species. Here, we compared genetically nine benthic foraminiferal morphospecies from Admiralty Bay (South Shetlands) and the western Ross Sea (McMurdo Sound, Terra Nova Bay), separated by a distance of ~4500 km. Additionally, for three of these morphospecies, we included specimens from Rothera (Marguerite Bay), which is located between the two main areas of interest. Our study, based on SSU and ITS rDNA sequence data, shows that all examined morphospecies share the same genotypes despite the presence of considerable intra-individual genetic variability.
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Morphologically Cryptic Amphipod Species Are "Ecological Clones" at Regional but Not at Local Scale: A Case Study of Four Niphargus Species. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0134384. [PMID: 26226375 PMCID: PMC4520478 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2015] [Accepted: 07/08/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Recent studies indicate that morphologically cryptic species may be ecologically more different than would be predicted from their morphological similarity and phylogenetic relatedness. However, in biodiversity research it often remains unclear whether cryptic species should be treated as ecologically equivalent, or whether detected differences have ecological significance. In this study, we assessed the ecological equivalence of four morphologically cryptic species of the amphipod genus Niphargus. All species live in a small, isolated area on the Istrian Peninsula in the NW Balkans. The distributional ranges of the species are partially overlapping and all species are living in springs. We reconstructed their ecological niches using morphological traits related to feeding, bioclimatic niche envelope and species’ preference for epi-hypogean habitats. The ecological meaning of differences in niches was evaluated using distributional data and co-occurrence frequencies. We show that the species comprise two pairs of sister species. All species differ from each other and the degree of differentiation is not related to phylogenetic relatedness. Moreover, low co-occurrence frequencies in sympatric zones imply present or past interspecific competition. This pattern suggests that species are not differentiated enough to reduce interspecific competition, nor ecologically equivalent to co-exist via neutral dynamics. We tentatively conclude that the question of ecological equivalence relates to the scale of the study: at a fine scale, species’ differences may influence dynamics in a local community, whereas at the regional level these species likely play roughly similar ecological roles.
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Riesgo A, Taboada S, Avila C. Evolutionary patterns in Antarctic marine invertebrates: an update on molecular studies. Mar Genomics 2015; 23:1-13. [PMID: 26228311 DOI: 10.1016/j.margen.2015.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2015] [Revised: 07/17/2015] [Accepted: 07/17/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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- Ana Riesgo
- Department of Animal Biology and Biodiversity Research Institute (IrBIO), Faculty of Biology, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 643, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
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- Department of Animal Biology and Biodiversity Research Institute (IrBIO), Faculty of Biology, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 643, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Department of Animal Biology and Biodiversity Research Institute (IrBIO), Faculty of Biology, Universitat de Barcelona, Av. Diagonal 643, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Dietz L, Arango CP, Dömel JS, Halanych KM, Harder AM, Held C, Mahon AR, Mayer C, Melzer RR, Rouse GW, Weis A, Wilson NG, Leese F. Regional differentiation and extensive hybridization between mitochondrial clades of the Southern Ocean giant sea spider Colossendeis megalonyx. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2015; 2:140424. [PMID: 26587257 PMCID: PMC4632570 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.140424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2014] [Accepted: 06/29/2015] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Assessing the enormous diversity of Southern Ocean benthic species and their evolutionary histories is a central task in the era of global climate change. Based on mitochondrial markers, it was recently suggested that the circumpolar giant sea spider Colossendeis megalonyx comprises a complex of at least six cryptic species with mostly small and non-overlapping distribution ranges. Here, we expand the sampling to include over 500 mitochondrial COI sequences of specimens from around the Antarctic. Using multiple species delimitation approaches, the number of distinct mitochondrial OTUs increased from six to 15-20 with our larger dataset. In contrast to earlier studies, many of these clades show almost circumpolar distributions. Additionally, analysis of the nuclear internal transcribed spacer region for a subset of these specimens showed incongruence between nuclear and mitochondrial results. These mito-nuclear discordances suggest that several of the divergent mitochondrial lineages can hybridize and should not be interpreted as cryptic species. Our results suggest survival of C. megalonyx during Pleistocene glaciations in multiple refugia, some of them probably located on the Antarctic shelf, and emphasize the importance of multi-gene datasets to detect the presence of cryptic species, rather than their inference based on mitochondrial data alone.
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- Lars Dietz
- Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Department of Animal Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitaetsstrasse 150, Bochum 44801, Germany
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- Natural Environments Program, Queensland Museum, PO Box 3300, South Brisbane, Queensland 4101, Australia
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- Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Department of Animal Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitaetsstrasse 150, Bochum 44801, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Institute for Great Lakes Research, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI, USA
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- Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Center for Marine and Polar Biology, Am Alten Hafen 26, Bremerhaven 25768, Germany
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- Department of Biology, Institute for Great Lakes Research, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI, USA
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- Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, Bonn 53113, Germany
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- Bavarian State Collection of Zoology—SNSB, Münchhausenstraße 21, Munich 81247, Germany
- Department Biology II, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Großhaderner Straße 2, Planegg-Martinsried 82152, Germany
- GeoBio-Center, Richard-Wagner-Straße 10, Munich 80333, Germany
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- Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla 92093-0202, CA, USA
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- Bavarian State Collection of Zoology—SNSB, Münchhausenstraße 21, Munich 81247, Germany
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- Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla 92093-0202, CA, USA
- Western Australian Museum, Locked Bag 49, Welshpool DC, Western Australia 6986, Australia
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- Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Department of Animal Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitaetsstrasse 150, Bochum 44801, Germany
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Clark GF, Marzinelli EM, Fogwill CJ, Turney CSM, Johnston EL. Effects of sea-ice cover on marine benthic communities: a natural experiment in Commonwealth Bay, East Antarctica. Polar Biol 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/s00300-015-1688-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Clark GF, Raymond B, Riddle MJ, Stark JS, Johnston EL. Vulnerability of Antarctic shallow invertebrate-dominated ecosystems. AUSTRAL ECOL 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/aec.12237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Graeme F. Clark
- Evolution and Ecology Research Centre; School of Biological; Earth and Environmental Science; University of New South Wales; Sydney New South Wales Australia
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- Australian Antarctic Division; Department of the Environment; Kingston Tasmania Australia
- Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre; University of Tasmania; Hobart Tasmania 7001 Australia
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- Australian Antarctic Division; Department of the Environment; Kingston Tasmania Australia
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- Australian Antarctic Division; Department of the Environment; Kingston Tasmania Australia
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- Evolution and Ecology Research Centre; School of Biological; Earth and Environmental Science; University of New South Wales; Sydney New South Wales Australia
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- Amanda E. Glazier
- Biology Department; University of Massachusetts; 100 Morrissey Blvd Boston MA 02125 USA
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- Biology Department; University of Massachusetts; 100 Morrissey Blvd Boston MA 02125 USA
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Stark JS, Kim SL, Oliver JS. Anthropogenic disturbance and biodiversity of marine benthic communities in Antarctica: a regional comparison. PLoS One 2014; 9:e98802. [PMID: 24919053 PMCID: PMC4053418 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0098802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2013] [Accepted: 05/06/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The impacts of two Antarctic stations in different regions, on marine sediment macrofaunal communities were compared: McMurdo, a very large station in the Ross Sea; and Casey, a more typical small station in East Antarctica. Community structure and diversity were compared along a gradient of anthropogenic disturbance from heavily contaminated to uncontaminated locations. We examined some of the inherent problems in comparing data from unrelated studies, such as different sampling methods, spatial and temporal scales of sampling and taxonomic uncertainty. These issues generated specific biases which were taken into account when interpreting patterns. Control sites in the two regions had very different communities but both were dominated by crustaceans. Community responses to anthropogenic disturbance (sediment contamination by metals, oils and sewage) were also different. At McMurdo the proportion of crustaceans decreased in disturbed areas and polychaetes became dominant, whereas at Casey, crustaceans increased in response to disturbance, largely through an increase in amphipods. Despite differing overall community responses there were some common elements. Ostracods, cumaceans and echinoderms were sensitive to disturbance in both regions. Capitellid, dorvelleid and orbiniid polychaetes were indicative of disturbed sites. Amphipods, isopods and tanaids had different responses at each station. Biodiversity and taxonomic distinctness were significantly lower at disturbed locations in both regions. The size of the impact, however, was not related to the level of contamination, with a larger reduction in biodiversity at Casey, the smaller, less polluted station. The impacts of small stations, with low to moderate levels of contamination, can thus be as great as those of large or heavily contaminated stations. Regional broad scale environmental influences may be important in determining the composition of communities and thus their response to disturbance, but there are some generalizations regarding responses which will aid future management of stations.
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- Jonathan S. Stark
- Terrestrial and Nearshore Ecosystems Program, Australian Antarctic Division, Kingston, Tasmania, Australia
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- Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, California, United States of America
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- Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, Moss Landing, California, United States of America
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Invasion history of Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836 (Amphipoda: Caprellidae) in the Iberian Peninsula: multiple introductions revealed by mitochondrial sequence data. Biol Invasions 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s10530-014-0660-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Pálsson S, Magnúsdóttir H, Reynisdóttir S, Jónsson ZO, Örnólfsdóttir EB. Divergence and molecular variation in common whelkBuccinum undatum(Gastropoda: Buccinidae) in Iceland: a trans-Atlantic comparison. Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2013. [DOI: 10.1111/bij.12191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Snaebjörn Pálsson
- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences; University of Iceland; Sturlugata 7101 Reykjavík Iceland
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- Vör Marine Research Center at Breiðafjörður; Norðurtanga 355 Snaefellsbaer Iceland
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences; University of Iceland; Sturlugata 7101 Reykjavík Iceland
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- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences; University of Iceland; Sturlugata 7101 Reykjavík Iceland
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High cryptic diversity across the global range of the migratory planktonic copepods Pleuromamma piseki and P. gracilis. PLoS One 2013; 8:e77011. [PMID: 24167556 PMCID: PMC3805563 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2013] [Accepted: 08/28/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Although holoplankton are ocean drifters and exhibit high dispersal potential, a number of studies on single species are finding highly divergent genetic clades. These cryptic species complexes are important to discover and describe, as identification of common marine species is fundamental to understanding ecosystem dynamics. Here we investigate the global diversity within Pleuromamma piseki and P. gracilis, two dominant members of the migratory zooplankton assemblage in subtropical and tropical waters worldwide. Using DNA sequence data from the mitochondrial gene cytochrome c oxidase subunit II (mtCOII) from 522 specimens collected across the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans, we discover twelve well-resolved genetically distinct clades in this species complex (Bayesian posterior probabilities >0.7; 6.3–17% genetic divergence between clades). The morphologically described species P. piseki and P. gracilis did not form monophyletic groups, rather they were distributed throughout the phylogeny and sometimes co-occurred within well-resolved clades: this result suggests that morphological characters currently used for taxonomic identification of P. gracilis and P. piseki may be inaccurate as indicators of species’ boundaries. Cryptic clades within the species complex ranged from being common to rare, and from cosmopolitan to highly restricted in distribution across the global ocean. These novel lineages appear to be ecologically divergent, with distinct biogeographic distributions across varied pelagic habitats. We hypothesize that these mtDNA lineages are distinct species and suggest that resolving their systematic status is important, given the ecological significance of the genus Pleuromamma in subtropical-tropical waters worldwide.
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Jennings RM, Etter RJ, Ficarra L. Population differentiation and species formation in the deep sea: the potential role of environmental gradients and depth. PLoS One 2013; 8:e77594. [PMID: 24098590 PMCID: PMC3788136 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077594] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2013] [Accepted: 09/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Ecological speciation probably plays a more prominent role in diversification than previously thought, particularly in marine ecosystems where dispersal potential is great and where few obvious barriers to gene flow exist. This may be especially true in the deep sea where allopatric speciation seems insufficient to account for the rich and largely endemic fauna. Ecologically driven population differentiation and speciation are likely to be most prevalent along environmental gradients, such as those attending changes in depth. We quantified patterns of genetic variation along a depth gradient (1600-3800m) in the western North Atlantic for a protobranch bivalve (Nuculaatacellana) to test for population divergence. Multilocus analyses indicated a sharp discontinuity across a narrow depth range, with extremely low gene flow inferred between shallow and deep populations for thousands of generations. Phylogeographical discordance occurred between nuclear and mitochondrial loci as might be expected during the early stages of species formation. Because the geographic distance between divergent populations is small and no obvious dispersal barriers exist in this region, we suggest the divergence might reflect ecologically driven selection mediated by environmental correlates of the depth gradient. As inferred for numerous shallow-water species, environmental gradients that parallel changes in depth may play a key role in the genesis and adaptive radiation of the deep-water fauna.
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- Robert M. Jennings
- Biology Department, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Biology Department, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Biology Department, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Havermans C, Sonet G, d’Udekem d’Acoz C, Nagy ZT, Martin P, Brix S, Riehl T, Agrawal S, Held C. Genetic and morphological divergences in the cosmopolitan deep-sea amphipod Eurythenes gryllus reveal a diverse abyss and a bipolar species. PLoS One 2013; 8:e74218. [PMID: 24086322 PMCID: PMC3783426 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2013] [Accepted: 07/30/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Eurythenes gryllus is one of the most widespread amphipod species, occurring in every ocean with a depth range covering the bathyal, abyssal and hadal zones. Previous studies, however, indicated the existence of several genetically and morphologically divergent lineages, questioning the assumption of its cosmopolitan and eurybathic distribution. For the first time, its genetic diversity was explored at the global scale (Arctic, Atlantic, Pacific and Southern oceans) by analyzing nuclear (28S rDNA) and mitochondrial (COI, 16S rDNA) sequence data using various species delimitation methods in a phylogeographic context. Nine putative species-level clades were identified within E. gryllus. A clear distinction was observed between samples collected at bathyal versus abyssal depths, with a genetic break occurring around 3,000 m. Two bathyal and two abyssal lineages showed a widespread distribution, while five other abyssal lineages each seemed to be restricted to a single ocean basin. The observed higher diversity in the abyss compared to the bathyal zone stands in contrast to the depth-differentiation hypothesis. Our results indicate that, despite the more uniform environment of the abyss and its presumed lack of obvious isolating barriers, abyssal populations might be more likely to show population differentiation and undergo speciation events than previously assumed. Potential factors influencing species' origins and distributions, such as hydrostatic pressure, are discussed. In addition, morphological findings coincided with the molecular clades. Of all specimens available for examination, those of the bipolar bathyal clade seemed the most similar to the 'true' E. gryllus. We present the first molecular evidence for a bipolar distribution in a macro-benthic deep-sea organism.
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- Charlotte Havermans
- Direction Natural Environment, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium
- Biodiversity Research Centre, Earth and Life Institute, Catholic University of Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Direction Taxonomy and Phylogeny, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium
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- Direction Taxonomy and Phylogeny, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium
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- Direction Taxonomy and Phylogeny, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium
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- Direction Natural Environment, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium
- Direction Taxonomy and Phylogeny, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium
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- Centre for Marine Biodiversity Research, Senckenberg Research Institute c/o Biocentrum Grindel, Hamburg, Germany
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- Centre for Marine Biodiversity Research, Senckenberg Research Institute c/o Biocentrum Grindel, Hamburg, Germany
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- Section Functional Ecology, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
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- Section Functional Ecology, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
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Ongoing speciation in the Tibetan plateau Gymnocypris species complex. PLoS One 2013; 8:e71331. [PMID: 23977018 PMCID: PMC3744573 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2013] [Accepted: 06/28/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Local adaptation towards divergent ecological conditions often results in genetic differentiation and adaptive phenotypic divergence. To illuminate the ecological distinctiveness of the schizothoracine fish, we studied a Gymnocypris species complex consisting of three morphs distributed across four bodies of water (the Yellow River, Lake Qinghai, the Ganzi River and Lake Keluke) in the Northeast Tibetan Plateau. We used a combination of mitochondrial (16S rRNA and Cyt b) and nuclear (RAG-2) genetic sequences to investigate the phylogeography of these morphs based on a sample of 277 specimens. Analysis of gill rakers allowed for mapping of phenotypic trajectories along the phylogeny. The phylogenetic and morphological analyses showed that the three sparsely rakered morphs were present at two extremes of the phylogenetic tree: the Yellow River morphs were located at the basal phylogenetic split, and the Lake Keluke and Ganzi River morphs at the peak, with the densely rakered Lake Qinghai morphs located between these two extremes. Age estimation further indicated that the sparsely rakered morphs constituted the oldest and youngest lineages, whereas the densely rakered morph was assigned to an intermediate-age lineage. These results are most compatible with the process of evolutionary convergence or reversal. Disruptive natural selection due to divergent habitats and dietary preferences is likely the driving force behind the formation of new morphs, and the similarities between their phenotypes may be attributable to the similarities between their forms of niche tracking associated with food acquisition. This study provides the first genetic evidence for the occurrence of convergence or reversal in the schizothoracine fish of the Tibetan Plateau at small temporal scales.
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Lecointre G, Améziane N, Boisselier MC, Bonillo C, Busson F, Causse R, Chenuil A, Couloux A, Coutanceau JP, Cruaud C, d'Acoz CD, De Ridder C, Denys G, Dettaï A, Duhamel G, Eléaume M, Féral JP, Gallut C, Havermans C, Held C, Hemery L, Lautrédou AC, Martin P, Ozouf-Costaz C, Pierrat B, Pruvost P, Puillandre N, Samadi S, Saucède T, Schubart C, David B. Is the species flock concept operational? The Antarctic shelf case. PLoS One 2013; 8:e68787. [PMID: 23936311 PMCID: PMC3732269 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2013] [Accepted: 06/02/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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There has been a significant body of literature on species flock definition but not so much about practical means to appraise them. We here apply the five criteria of Eastman and McCune for detecting species flocks in four taxonomic components of the benthic fauna of the Antarctic shelf: teleost fishes, crinoids (feather stars), echinoids (sea urchins) and crustacean arthropods. Practical limitations led us to prioritize the three historical criteria (endemicity, monophyly, species richness) over the two ecological ones (ecological diversity and habitat dominance). We propose a new protocol which includes an iterative fine-tuning of the monophyly and endemicity criteria in order to discover unsuspected flocks. As a result nine « full » species flocks (fulfilling the five criteria) are briefly described. Eight other flocks fit the three historical criteria but need to be further investigated from the ecological point of view (here called "core flocks"). The approach also shows that some candidate taxonomic components are no species flocks at all. The present study contradicts the paradigm that marine species flocks are rare. The hypothesis according to which the Antarctic shelf acts as a species flocks generator is supported, and the approach indicates paths for further ecological studies and may serve as a starting point to investigate the processes leading to flock-like patterning of biodiversity.
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- Guillaume Lecointre
- UMR 7138 UPMC-MNHN-CNRS-IRD Systématique, Adaptation, Évolution, Département Systématique et Évolution, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, CP 39, Paris, France.
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Genetic variability and differentiation among polymorphic populations of the genus Synoicum (Tunicata, Ascidiacea) from the South Shetland Islands. Polar Biol 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/s00300-013-1312-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Pilar Cabezas M, Cabezas P, Machordom A, Guerra-García JM. Hidden diversity and cryptic speciation refute cosmopolitan distribution in Caprella penantis
(Crustacea: Amphipoda: Caprellidae). J ZOOL SYST EVOL RES 2013. [DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- María Pilar Cabezas
- Laboratorio de Biología Marina; Departamento de Zoología; Facultad de Biología; Universidad de Sevilla; Seville Spain
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- Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN, CSIC); Madrid Spain
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- Laboratorio de Biología Marina; Departamento de Zoología; Facultad de Biología; Universidad de Sevilla; Seville Spain
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Marrone F, Lo Brutto S, Hundsdoerfer AK, Arculeo M. Overlooked cryptic endemism in copepods: systematics and natural history of the calanoid subgenus Occidodiaptomus Borutzky 1991 (Copepoda, Calanoida, Diaptomidae). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2012; 66:190-202. [PMID: 23026809 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.09.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2012] [Revised: 08/08/2012] [Accepted: 09/17/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Our comprehension of the phylogeny and diversity of most inland-water crustaceans is currently hampered by their pronounced morphological bradytely, which contributed to the affirmation of the "Cosmopolitanism Paradigm" of freshwater taxa. However, growing evidence of the existence of cryptic diversity and molecular regionalism is available for calanoid copepods, thus stressing the need for careful morphological and molecular studies in order to soundly investigate the systematics, diversity and distribution patterns of the group. Diaptomid copepods were here chosen as model taxa, and the morphological and molecular diversity of the species belonging to the west-Mediterranean diaptomid subgenus Occidodiaptomus were investigated with the aim of comparing the patterns of morphological and molecular evolution in freshwater copepods. Three species currently lumped under the binomen Hemidiaptomus (Occidodiaptomus) ingens and two highly divergent clades within H. (O.) roubaui were distinguished, thus showing an apparent discordance between the molecular distances recorded and Occidodiaptomus morphological homogeneity, and highlighting a noteworthy decoupling between the morphological and molecular diversity in the subgenus. Current Occidodiaptomus diversity pattern is ascribed to a combined effect of ancient vicariance and recent dispersal events. It is stressed that the lack of sound calibration points for the molecular clock makes it difficult to soundly temporally frame the diversification events of interest in the taxon studied, and thus to asses the role of morphological bradytely and of accelerated molecular evolutionary rates in shaping the current diversity of the group.
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- Federico Marrone
- Dipartimento di Biologia ambientale e Biodiversità, Università di Palermo, via Archirafi 18, I-90123 Palermo, Italy.
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