Journal Article
Genetic spatial structure of an anchialine cave annelid indicates connectivity within - but not between - islands of the Great Bahama Bank
Gonzalez, B.C., Martínez, A., Borda, E., Iliffe, T.M., Fontaneto, D. and Worsaae, K.
Record Number:
4419
Year:
2017
Journal:
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
Pages:
259–270
Volume:
109
Abstract:
Land-locked anchialine blue holes are karstic sinkholes and caves with tidally influenced, vertically stratified
water bodies that harbor endemic fauna exhibiting variable troglomorphic features. These habitats
represent island-like systems, which can serve to elucidate evolutionary and biogeographic processes at
local scales. We investigated whether the ‘continuous spelean corridor’ hypothesis may elucidate the biogeographical
distributions of the stygobitic annelid Pelagomacellicephala iliffei (Polynoidae) collected from
the Great Bahama and Caicos Banks of the Bahamas Archipelago. Phylogenetic reconstructions were performed
using Bayesian Inference on individual and combined datasets of three molecular markers (16S
rDNA, COI, 18S rDNA) and species delimitation employed three widely accepted methods in DNA taxonomy,
namely GMYC, bPTP, and ABGD. Mantel tests were used to test the effect of geography on genetic
structure. Using these analyses, we recovered five independently evolving entities of the focal species
across four islands of the Great Bahama Bank including Cat, Eleuthera, Exumas, and Long. Genetic data
yielded strong correlations between islands and phylogenetic entities, signifying independent evolutionary
histories within anchialine caves across the platform. The island of Eleuthera showed intra-island
gene flow and dispersal capabilities between blue holes separated by 115 km, providing evidence of a
crevicular spelean corridor within the island. However, no evidence of inter-island dispersal is present
in the analyzed system. Consistent with previous biogeographic studies of cave crustaceans, the major
barriers shaping the cave biota of the Bahamas Archipelago appears to be the deep trenches and channels
separating the Bahamian banks.
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