Title :

Integrative phylogenetic, phylogeographic and morphological characterisation of the Unio crassus species complex reveals cryptic diversity with important conservation implications

Author(s) :

Lopes-Lima, M. [Auteur]
Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos [Vairao] [CIBIO]
Geist, J. [Auteur]
Egg, S. [Auteur]
Beran, L. [Auteur]
Bikashvili, A. [Auteur]
Ilia State University [Tbilisi]
van Bocxlaer, B. [Auteur]
Évolution, Écologie et Paléontologie (Evo-Eco-Paleo) - UMR 8198 [Evo-Eco-Paléo (EEP)]
Bogan, A.E. [Auteur]
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences
Bolotov, I.N. [Auteur]
N. Laverov Federal Center for Integrated Arctic Research of the Ural Branch [FECIAR UrB RAS ]
Chelpanovskaya, O.A. [Auteur]
N. Laverov Federal Center for Integrated Arctic Research of the Ural Branch [FECIAR UrB RAS ]
Douda, K. [Auteur]
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague [CZU]
Fernandes, V. [Auteur]
Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos [Vairao] [CIBIO]
Gomes-Dos-Santos, A. [Auteur]
Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research [Matosinhos, Portugal] [CIIMAR]
Gonçalves, D.V. [Auteur]
Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos [Vairao] [CIBIO]
Gürlek, M.E. [Auteur]
Johnson, N.A. [Auteur]
Karaouzas, I. [Auteur]
Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters [IMBRIW]
Kebapçı, Ü. [Auteur]
Kondakov, A.V. [Auteur]
N. Laverov Federal Center for Integrated Arctic Research of the Ural Branch [FECIAR UrB RAS ]
Kuehn, R. [Auteur]
Lajtner, J. [Auteur]
University of Zagreb
Mumladze, L. [Auteur]
Ilia State University [Tbilisi]
Nagel, K.-O. [Auteur]
Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum [Frankfurt]
Neubert, E. [Auteur]
Österling, M. [Auteur]
Karlstad University [Sweden]
Pfeiffer, J. [Auteur]
Prié, V. [Auteur]
Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité [ISYEB]
Riccardi, N. [Auteur]
CNR Water Research Institute [IRSA]
Sell, J. [Auteur]
University of Gdańsk [UG]
Schneider, L. D. [Auteur]
Shumka, S. [Auteur]
Agricultural University of Tirana
Sîrbu, I. [Auteur]
Universitatea "Lucian Blaga" Sibiu
Skujienė, G. [Auteur]
Vilnius University [Vilnius]
Smith, Ch. [Auteur]
University of Texas at Austin [Austin]
Sousa, R. [Auteur]
Centre of Molecular and Environmental Biology - CBMA (Braga, Portugal)
Stöckl, K. [Auteur]
Taskinen, J. [Auteur]
University of Jyväskylä [JYU]
Teixeira, A. [Auteur]
Centro de Investigação de Montanha [Bragança, Portugal] [CIMO]
Todorov, M. [Auteur]
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences = Académie bulgare des sciences [Académie des sciences de Bulgarie] = Българска академия на науките [BAS]
Trichkova, T. [Auteur]
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences = Académie bulgare des sciences [Académie des sciences de Bulgarie] = Българска академия на науките [BAS]
Urbańska, M. [Auteur]
Poznan University of Life Sciences (Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu) [PULS]
Välilä, S. [Auteur]
University of Jyväskylä [JYU]
Varandas, S. [Auteur]
Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos [Vairao] [CIBIO]
Veríssimo, J. [Auteur]
Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos [Vairao] [CIBIO]
Vikhrev, I.V. [Auteur]
N. Laverov Federal Center for Integrated Arctic Research of the Ural Branch [FECIAR UrB RAS ]
Woschitz, G. [Auteur]
Zając, K. [Auteur]
Zając, T. [Auteur]
Zanatta, D. [Auteur]
Zieritz, A. [Auteur]
University of Nottingham, UK [UON]
Zogaris, S. [Auteur]
Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters [IMBRIW]
Froufe, E. [Auteur]
Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research [Matosinhos, Portugal] [CIIMAR]

Journal title :

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Pages :

108046

Publisher :

Elsevier

Publication date :

2024

ISSN :

1055-7903

English keyword(s) :

Conservation
Freshwater mussels
Phylogeography
Unionida

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]/Biologie animale/Zoologie des invertébrés
Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]/Biodiversité/Systématique, phylogénie et taxonomie

English abstract : [en]

The global decline of freshwater mussels and their crucial ecological services highlight the need to understand their phylogeny, phylogeography and patterns of genetic diversity to guide conservation efforts. Such knowledge ...
Show more >The global decline of freshwater mussels and their crucial ecological services highlight the need to understand their phylogeny, phylogeography and patterns of genetic diversity to guide conservation efforts. Such knowledge is urgently needed for Unio crassus, a highly imperilled species originally widespread throughout Europe and southwest Asia. Recent studies have resurrected several species from synonymy based on mitochondrial data, revealing U. crassus to be a complex of cryptic species. To address long-standing taxonomic uncertainties hindering effective conservation, we integrate morphometric, phylogenetic, and phylogeographic analyses to examine species diversity within the U. crassus complex across its entire range. Phylogenetic analyses were performed using cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (815 specimens from 182 populations) and, for selected specimens, whole mitogenome sequences and Anchored Hybrid Enrichment (AHE) data on ~ 600 nuclear loci. Mitonuclear discordance was detected, consistent with mitochondrial DNA gene flow between some species during the Pliocene and Pleistocene. Fossil-calibrated phylogenies based on AHE data support a Mediterranean origin for the U. crassus complex in the Early Miocene. The results of our integrative approach support 12 species in the group: the previously recognised Unio bruguierianus, Unio carneus, Unio crassus, Unio damascensis, Unio ionicus, Unio sesirmensis, and Unio tumidiformis, and the reinstatement of five nominal taxa: Unio desectus stat. rev., Unio gontierii stat. rev., Unio mardinensis stat. rev., Unio nanus stat. rev., and Unio vicarius stat. rev. Morphometric analyses of shell contours reveal important morphospace overlaps among these species, highlighting cryptic, but geographically structured, diversity. The distribution, taxonomy, phylogeography, and conservation of each species are succinctly described.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Peer reviewed article :

Oui

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

European Project :

CPER Climibio
European Fund for Economic and Regional Development

Collections :

• Évolution, Écologie et Paléontologie (Evo Eco Paleo) - UMR 8198

Source :

Harvested from HAL