Title
Due South: The evolutionary history of Sub-Antarctic and Antarctic Tritoniidae nudibranchs
Date Issued
01 September 2021
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Academic Press Inc.
Elsevier
Abstract
The Tritoniidae provides one of the most famous model species for neurophysiology and behaviour, yet a well-developed phylogenetic framework for this family is still incomplete. In this study, we explored the species-level taxonomy, phylogenetic relationships, and geographic distributions of the tritoniid nudibranchs. During numerous expeditions, specimens from southern South America, Sub-Antarctic Islands, and Antarctica were collected, documented alive, and fixed for anatomical descriptions and genetic sequencing. DNA from 167 specimens were extracted and sequenced for mitochondrial (COI, 16S) and nuclear (H3) markers. An additional 109 sequences of all available tritoniids plus additional outgroups were downloaded from GenBank for comparative purposes. Maximum Likelihood under the GHOST model of evolution and Bayesian inference using the GTR + GAMMA model produced congruent topologies from concatenated alignments. The results of ABGD, GMYC, bPTP, and mPTP species delimitation analyses suggest many separately evolving units that do not coincide with traditionally recognized species limits. Southern Ocean Tritoniella and Tritonia species split into several previously unrecognized species. This result is in accordance with the limited dispersal abilities of some southern tritoniids. Along with the most complete phylogeny of Tritoniidae to date, we also provided many taxonomic notes at the species and genus level. Tritoniidae species are yet another example of under-recognized diversity in the Southern Ocean.
Volume
162
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Genética, Herencia
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85109164934
PubMed ID
Source
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
ISSN of the container
10557903
Sponsor(s)
We are indebted to the crew and participants of the RV Polarstern (AWI, Germany) during the ANT XVII/3, ANT XIX/5, and ANT-XXVIII/4, the RV Nathaniel B. Palmer (NSF, USA) during the NBP11-05 and NBP13-03 (National Science Foundation; ANT-1043749), and the Yepayek (CONAF, Chile) during the South Chile Fjord Expedition of 2006. For kind help in the field, we would like to thank the following friends: Roland Anton, Liz Atwood, Günter Försterra, Sebastian Gigglinger, Vreni Häussermann, Katrin Linse (BAS), Roland Melzer (ZSM), Sandra Millen, Martin Rauschert, Nicola Reiff, Greg Rouse, Klaus Salger, Xavier Sanchez, Dirk Schories, and Philippe Willenz. The Victor Hensen Magellan Campaign 1994 coordinated by Wolf Arntz (AWI) provided the material from the Beagle Channel. Special thanks go to Philippe Bouchet (BNHN, France), Matthias Glaubrecht (ZMB, Germany), David Reid (BMNH, UK), Anders Warén (SMNH, Sweden), Alejandro Tablado (MACN, Argentina), Fabián Tricárico (MACN), Greg Rouse, and Charlotte Seid (BIC-SIO, USA). We appreciate Dirk Schories for kindly providing photographs of live specimens and Joan Giménez for helping with the map design. Software and literature were supported by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University, and Gonzalo Giribet. Three anonymous reviewers provided comments that helped improve this paper. This project was supported by the GeoBio-Center and funded by the DFG-SPP1158 to MS (SCHR667/15-1). This study was part of the PhD of VP funded by CNPq-Brazil and DAAD-Germany. JM postdoctoral fellowship was supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany).
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