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Adding pieces to the puzzle: insights into diversity and distribution patterns of Cumacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) from the deep North Atlantic to the Arctic Ocean

The Nordic Seas have one of the highest water-mass diversities in the world, yet large knowledge gaps exist in biodiversity structure and biogeographical distribution patterns of the deep macrobenthic fauna. This study focuses on the marine bottom-dwelling peracarid crustacean taxon Cumacea from nor...

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Autores principales: Uhlir, Carolin, Schwentner, Martin, Meland, Kenneth, Kongsrud, Jon Anders, Glenner, Henrik, Brandt, Angelika, Thiel, Ralf, Svavarsson, Jörundur, Lörz, Anne-Nina, Brix, Saskia
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Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8590803/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34824910
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12379
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author Uhlir, Carolin
Schwentner, Martin
Meland, Kenneth
Kongsrud, Jon Anders
Glenner, Henrik
Brandt, Angelika
Thiel, Ralf
Svavarsson, Jörundur
Lörz, Anne-Nina
Brix, Saskia
author_facet Uhlir, Carolin
Schwentner, Martin
Meland, Kenneth
Kongsrud, Jon Anders
Glenner, Henrik
Brandt, Angelika
Thiel, Ralf
Svavarsson, Jörundur
Lörz, Anne-Nina
Brix, Saskia
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description The Nordic Seas have one of the highest water-mass diversities in the world, yet large knowledge gaps exist in biodiversity structure and biogeographical distribution patterns of the deep macrobenthic fauna. This study focuses on the marine bottom-dwelling peracarid crustacean taxon Cumacea from northern waters, using a combined approach of morphological and molecular techniques to present one of the first insights into genetic variability of this taxon. In total, 947 specimens were assigned to 77 morphologically differing species, representing all seven known families from the North Atlantic. A total of 131 specimens were studied genetically (16S rRNA) and divided into 53 putative species by species delimitation methods (GMYC and ABGD). In most cases, morphological and molecular-genetic delimitation was fully congruent, highlighting the overall success and high quality of both approaches. Differences were due to eight instances resulting in either ecologically driven morphological diversification of species or morphologically cryptic species, uncovering hidden diversity. An interspecific genetic distance of at least 8% was observed with a clear barcoding gap for molecular delimitation of cumacean species. Combining these findings with data from public databases and specimens collected during different international expeditions revealed a change in the composition of taxa from a Northern Atlantic-boreal to an Arctic community. The Greenland-Iceland-Scotland-Ridge (GIS-Ridge) acts as a geographical barrier and/or predominate water masses correspond well with cumacean taxa dominance. A closer investigation on species level revealed occurrences across multiple ecoregions or patchy distributions within defined ecoregions.
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spelling pubmed-85908032021-11-24 Adding pieces to the puzzle: insights into diversity and distribution patterns of Cumacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) from the deep North Atlantic to the Arctic Ocean Uhlir, Carolin Schwentner, Martin Meland, Kenneth Kongsrud, Jon Anders Glenner, Henrik Brandt, Angelika Thiel, Ralf Svavarsson, Jörundur Lörz, Anne-Nina Brix, Saskia PeerJ Biodiversity The Nordic Seas have one of the highest water-mass diversities in the world, yet large knowledge gaps exist in biodiversity structure and biogeographical distribution patterns of the deep macrobenthic fauna. This study focuses on the marine bottom-dwelling peracarid crustacean taxon Cumacea from northern waters, using a combined approach of morphological and molecular techniques to present one of the first insights into genetic variability of this taxon. In total, 947 specimens were assigned to 77 morphologically differing species, representing all seven known families from the North Atlantic. A total of 131 specimens were studied genetically (16S rRNA) and divided into 53 putative species by species delimitation methods (GMYC and ABGD). In most cases, morphological and molecular-genetic delimitation was fully congruent, highlighting the overall success and high quality of both approaches. Differences were due to eight instances resulting in either ecologically driven morphological diversification of species or morphologically cryptic species, uncovering hidden diversity. An interspecific genetic distance of at least 8% was observed with a clear barcoding gap for molecular delimitation of cumacean species. Combining these findings with data from public databases and specimens collected during different international expeditions revealed a change in the composition of taxa from a Northern Atlantic-boreal to an Arctic community. The Greenland-Iceland-Scotland-Ridge (GIS-Ridge) acts as a geographical barrier and/or predominate water masses correspond well with cumacean taxa dominance. A closer investigation on species level revealed occurrences across multiple ecoregions or patchy distributions within defined ecoregions. PeerJ Inc. 2021-11-11 /pmc/articles/PMC8590803/ /pubmed/34824910 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12379 Text en © 2021 Uhlir et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited.
spellingShingle Biodiversity
Uhlir, Carolin
Schwentner, Martin
Meland, Kenneth
Kongsrud, Jon Anders
Glenner, Henrik
Brandt, Angelika
Thiel, Ralf
Svavarsson, Jörundur
Lörz, Anne-Nina
Brix, Saskia
Adding pieces to the puzzle: insights into diversity and distribution patterns of Cumacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) from the deep North Atlantic to the Arctic Ocean
title Adding pieces to the puzzle: insights into diversity and distribution patterns of Cumacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) from the deep North Atlantic to the Arctic Ocean
title_full Adding pieces to the puzzle: insights into diversity and distribution patterns of Cumacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) from the deep North Atlantic to the Arctic Ocean
title_fullStr Adding pieces to the puzzle: insights into diversity and distribution patterns of Cumacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) from the deep North Atlantic to the Arctic Ocean
title_full_unstemmed Adding pieces to the puzzle: insights into diversity and distribution patterns of Cumacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) from the deep North Atlantic to the Arctic Ocean
title_short Adding pieces to the puzzle: insights into diversity and distribution patterns of Cumacea (Crustacea: Peracarida) from the deep North Atlantic to the Arctic Ocean
title_sort adding pieces to the puzzle: insights into diversity and distribution patterns of cumacea (crustacea: peracarida) from the deep north atlantic to the arctic ocean
topic Biodiversity
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8590803/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34824910
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12379
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