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      Historical biogeography of the Gondwanan freshwater genus Boeckella (Crustacea): Timing and modes of speciation in the Southern Hemisphere

      Maturana, Claudia S.; Rosenfeld, Sebastián; Biersma, Elisabeth M.; Segovia, Nicolás I.; Gonzalez-Wevar, Claudio A.; Diaz, Angie; Naretto, Javier; Duggan, Ian C.; Hogg, Ian D.; Poulin, Elie; Convey, Peter; Jackson, Jennifer A.
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       10.1111/ddi.13405
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      Abstract
      Aim

      We investigated evolutionary relationships and biogeographical patterns within the genus Boeckella to evaluate (1) whether its current widespread distribution in the Southern Hemisphere is due to recent long-distance dispersal or long-term diversification; and (2) the age and origin of sub-Antarctic and Antarctic Boeckella species, with particular focus on the most widely distributed species: Boeckella poppei.

      Location

      South America, sub-Antarctic islands, maritime Antarctica, continental Antarctica and Australasia.

      Methods

      To reconstruct phylogenetic patterns of Boeckella, we used molecular sequence data collected from 12 regions and applied Bayesian and Maximum Likelihood analyses using multiple loci. We also estimated divergence times and reconstructed ancestral ranges using two different models of species evolution.

      Results

      Phylogenetic analyses and divergence time estimates suggested that Boeckella originated on the Gondwanan supercontinent and initially split into two main clades during the late Cretaceous (ca. 80 Ma). The first clade diversified in Australasia, and the second clade is currently distributed in South America, various sub-Antarctic islands and Antarctica. Dispersal from South America to the Kerguelen and Crozet archipelagos occurred during the Eocene/Oligocene (B. vallentini) and in the late Pliocene (B. brevicaudata), while South Georgia and the maritime Antarctic were likely colonized during the late Pleistocene (B. poppei).

      Main conclusions

      Boeckella has a Gondwanan origin, with further diversifications after the physical separation of the continental landmasses. Extant populations of Boeckella from the Scotia Arc islands and Antarctic Peninsula originated from South America during the Pleistocene, suggesting that original Antarctic Gondwanan lineages did not survive repeated glacial cycles during the Quaternary ice ages. A continuous decline in the species accumulation rate is apparent within the genus as the early Eocene, suggesting that Boeckella diversification may have decreased due to progressive cooling throughout the Cenozoic era.
      Date
      2021-09-14
      Type
      Journal Article
      Publisher
      Wiley
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      This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium,

      provided the original work is properly cited.

      © 2021 The Authors. Diversity and Distributions published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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