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Nogueira CS, Camargo NF, Pantaleão JA, Costa RC. Elucidating taxonomic problems of two closely related freshwater prawn lineages of the genus Macrobrachium (Caridea: Palaemonidae): A geometric morphometrics approach. ZOOL ANZ 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2023.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/07/2023]
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Martín-Torrijos L, Buckley D, Doadrio I, Machordom A, Diéguez-Uribeondo J. Unraveling the Hidden Diversity of the Native White Claw Crayfish in the Iberian Peninsula. Front Ecol Evol 2021. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.669292] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Several European freshwater crayfish species are currently included in one of the IUCN Red list categories. In the Iberian Peninsula, the native Austropotamobius pallipes species complex (the white clawed crayfish, WCC) has experienced a drastic decline since 1973. Implementing conservation management strategies for this species requires a better understanding of the patterns and structure of its genetic diversity. In this study, we assessed the levels and patterns of genetic variation in 71 populations along the whole distributional range of the WCC in the Iberian Peninsula. The two mitochondrial markers analyzed (Cytochrome Oxidase subunit I and 16S rRNA genes) indicated high levels of genetic diversity, which are significantly geographically structured in three main genetic groups, two corresponding to Northern and one to Central-Eastern and the westernmost Iberian Peninsula. The diversity found included new private haplotypes, and revealed the potential effect of paleogeographic barriers and last glaciations in the population structure observed. Current conservation and management programs for the WCC in the Iberian Peninsula should consider these three phylogeographic groups as essential management units in order to preserve the remaining genetic diversity in the species.
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Underground waters are still one of the most important sources of drinking water for the planet. Moreover, the fauna that inhabits these waters is still little known, even if it could be used as an effective bioindicator. Among cave invertebrates, planarians are strongly suited to be used as a study model to understand adaptations and trophic web features. Here, we show a systematic literature review that aims to investigate the studies done so far on groundwater-dwelling planarians. The research was done using Google Scholar and Web of Science databases. Using the key words “Planarian cave” and “Flatworm Cave” we found 2273 papers that our selection reduced to only 48, providing 113 usable observations on 107 different species of planarians from both groundwaters and springs. Among the most interesting results, it emerged that planarians are at the top of the food chain in two thirds of the reported caves, and in both groundwaters and springs they show a high variability of morphological adaptations to subterranean environments. This is a first attempt to review the phylogeny of the groundwater-dwelling planarias, focusing on the online literature. The paucity of information underlines that scarce attention has been dedicated to these animals. Further revisions, including old papers and books, not available online will be necessary.
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Lovrenčić L, Bonassin L, Boštjančić LL, Podnar M, Jelić M, Klobučar G, Jaklič M, Slavevska-Stamenković V, Hinić J, Maguire I. New insights into the genetic diversity of the stone crayfish: taxonomic and conservation implications. BMC Evol Biol 2020; 20:146. [PMID: 33158414 PMCID: PMC7648294 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-020-01709-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2020] [Accepted: 10/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Background Austropotamobius torrentium is a freshwater crayfish species native to central and south-eastern Europe, with an intricate evolutionary history and the highest genetic diversity recorded in the northern-central Dinarides (NCD). Its populations are facing declines, both in number and size across its entire range. By extanding current knowledge on the genetic diversity of this species, we aim to assist conservation programmes. Multigene phylogenetic analyses were performed using different divergence time estimates based on mitochondrial and, for the first time, nuclear DNA markers on the largest data set analysed so far. In order to reassess taxonomic relationships within this species we applied several species delimitation methods and studied the meristic characters with the intention of finding features that would clearly separate stone crayfish belonging to different phylogroups. Results Our results confirmed the existence of high genetic diversity within A. torrentium, maintained in divergent phylogroups which have their own evolutionary dynamics. A new phylogroup in the Kordun region belonging to NCD has also been discovered. Due to the incongruence between implemented species delimitation approaches and the lack of any morphological characters conserved within lineages, we are of the opinion that phylogroups recovered on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA are cryptic subspecies and distinct evolutionary significant units. Conclusions Geographically and genetically isolated phylogroups represent the evolutionary legacy of A. torrentium and are highly relevant for conservation due to their evolutionary distinctiveness and restricted distribution.
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- Leona Lovrenčić
- Division of Zoology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Division of Zoology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Division of Zoology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Croatian Natural History Museum, Demetrova 1, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Natural Sciences, Varaždin City Museum, Franjevački trg 10, 42000, Varaždin, Croatia
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- Division of Zoology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Center for Clinical Research, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Zaloška 2, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Invertebrates and Animal Ecology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University "St. Cyril and Methodius", Arhimedova 3, 1000, Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia
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- Department of Invertebrates and Animal Ecology, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University "St. Cyril and Methodius", Arhimedova 3, 1000, Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia
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- Division of Zoology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia.
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Pârvulescu L. Introducing a new Austropotamobius crayfish species (Crustacea, Decapoda, Astacidae): A Miocene endemism of the Apuseni Mountains, Romania. ZOOL ANZ 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2019.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Jelić M, Klobučar GIV, Grandjean F, Puillandre N, Franjević D, Futo M, Amouret J, Maguire I. Insights into the molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography of the white-clawed crayfish (Decapoda, Astacidae). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2016; 103:26-40. [PMID: 27404041 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2015] [Revised: 07/07/2016] [Accepted: 07/08/2016] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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In this study, the evolutionary history of the white-clawed crayfish (WCC) was evaluated using large-scale datasets comprising >1350 specimens from the entire distribution range. Using species delimitation methods on mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences, we propose four primary species hypotheses for WCC. Sequences for several nuclear regions were screened but none showed significant variation within WCC. This result favours a single secondary species hypothesis and indicates the existence of a mito-nuclear discordance in WCC. Therefore, mtDNA groups were considered only as genetic units that carry information about ancient divergences within WCC and not as taxonomic units. The reconstruction of ancestral ranges and divergence time estimates were used to link the current genetic structure with paleogeographic processes. These results showed that the emergence of mtDNA groups in WCC could be related to the Messinian Salinity Crisis, the climate cooling during the Pliocene and Pleistocene, and (paleo)shifting of the Adriatic Sea coastline in the Padanovenezian Plain. The most recent common ancestor of the mtDNA groups most likely originated from Dalmatia (eastern Adriatic coast) as indicated by the reconstruction of ancestral ranges. This ecoregion, along with the Gulf of Venice Drainages, harbours a high genetic diversity and should be emphasised as an area of the highest conservation priority.
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- Mišel Jelić
- University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Division of Zoology, Rooseveltov trg 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Division of Zoology, Rooseveltov trg 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- Université de Poitiers, UMR CNRS 7267, Laboratoire "Ecologie et Biologie des Interactions", équipe "Ecologie, Evolution, Symbiose", 6 rue Michel Brunet, F-86073 Poitiers, France
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- Institut de Systématique, Évolution, Biodiversité ISYEB - UMR 7205 - CNRS, MNHN, UPMC, EPHE Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Sorbonne Universités, 43 rue Cuvier, CP26 F-75005 Paris, France
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- University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Division of Zoology, Rooseveltov trg 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
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- University of Münster, Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity, Animal Evolutionary Ecology Group, Hüfferstrasse 1, D-48149 Münster, Germany
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- University of Iceland, Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Sturlugötu 7, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland
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- University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Division of Zoology, Rooseveltov trg 6, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
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Clavero M, Nores C, Kubersky-Piredda S, Centeno-Cuadros A. Interdisciplinarity to reconstruct historical introductions: solving the status of cryptogenic crayfish. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 2015; 91:1036-1049. [DOI: 10.1111/brv.12205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2014] [Revised: 05/28/2015] [Accepted: 06/05/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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- Miguel Clavero
- Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC; Américo Vespucio s.n. 41092 Sevilla Spain
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- Indurot, Universidad de Oviedo; Campus de Mieres 3006 Mieres Asturias, Spain
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- Minerva Research Group; Bibliotheca Hertziana, Max Planck Institute for Art History; Via Gregoriana 28 I-00187 Rome Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemical Engineering; University Pablo de Olavide; Carretera de Utrera km 1 41013 Seville Spain
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Manenti R, Bonelli M, Scaccini D, Binda A, Zugnoni A. Austropotamobius pallipes reduction vs. Procambarus clarkii spreading: Management implications. J Nat Conserv 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2014.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Giri F, Collins P. Clinal variation in carapace shape in the South American freshwater crab,Aegla uruguayana(Anomura: Aeglidae). Biol J Linn Soc Lond 2014. [DOI: 10.1111/bij.12382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Federico Giri
- Instituto Nacional de Limnología (CONICET-UNL); Pje El Pozo s/n CP3000 Santa Fe Argentina
- Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias; Universidad Nacional del Litoral; Pje El Pozo s/n CP3000 Santa Fe Argentina
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- Instituto Nacional de Limnología (CONICET-UNL); Pje El Pozo s/n CP3000 Santa Fe Argentina
- Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas; Universidad Nacional del Litoral; Pje El Pozo s/n CP3000 Santa Fe Argentina
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Caprioli R, Garozzo P, Giansante C, Ferri N. Reproductive performance in captivity of Austropotamobius pallipesin Abruzzi Region (central Italy). INVERTEBR REPROD DEV 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/07924259.2013.827136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Phylogeography of the white-clawed crayfish (Austropotamobius italicus) in Spain: inferences from microsatellite markers. Mol Biol Rep 2013; 40:5327-38. [DOI: 10.1007/s11033-013-2633-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2012] [Accepted: 04/30/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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