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Who lives where? Molecular and morphometric analyses clarify which Unio species (Unionida, Mollusca) inhabit the southwestern Palearctic

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dc.contributor.authorFroufe, Elsa
dc.contributor.authorGonçalves, Duarte V.
dc.contributor.authorTeixeira, Amílcar
dc.contributor.authorSousa, Ronaldo
dc.contributor.authorVarandas, Simone
dc.contributor.authorGhamizi, Mohamed
dc.contributor.authorZieritz, Alexandra
dc.contributor.authorLopes-Lima, Manuel
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-25T10:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-30T16:39:31Z
dc.date.available2018-01-25T10:00:00Z
dc.date.available2018-01-30T16:39:31Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractMany doubts still exist about which freshwater mussel Unio species inhabit Northwest Africa. While some authors refer to the presence of Unio delphinus in the Atlantic North African basins of Morocco, a recent International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) assessment performed on Moroccan Unio species, recognised the existence of a distinct species, Unio foucauldianus, with a critically endangered conservation status. The present study delivered new genetic, morphological, and geographical distribution data on two Unio species (i.e. U. delphinus and U. foucauldianus) greatly increasing the almost non-existent data on these taxa. Bayesian phylogenetic analysis revealed two highly supported geographically concordant clades, which diverged by 3.2 ± 0.6 % (uncorrected p distance): the first distributed across Iberia and corresponding to U. delphinus, and the second distributed across Morocco, corresponding to U. foucauldianus. These results were corroborated by the analysis of ten newly developed microsatellite loci as well as shell morphometry. We suggest that the IUCN critically endangered conservation status of U. foucauldianus should be revised and probably down-listed since its actual distribution is much wider than previously described. Phylogenetic relationships with the other Unio species were resolved, showing that U. delphinus and U. foucauldianus fall inside the pictorum lineage. The estimated molecular rate reported herein (0.265 ± 0.06 % per million years) represents the first for the Unionida and could be used as a reference in future studies.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors wish to thank the two anonymous reviewers for helpful remarks and suggestions that improved the quality of the manuscript. Financial support was provided by Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) project PTDC/AAC-AMB/ 117688/2010 and by Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund (reference 15256799). Official capture and sampling licenses were issued by the following agencies: (1) Junta de Castilla y León (Consejería de Fomento yMedioAmbiente EP/CYL/331/2012, de 17 de Abril de 2012); (2) Junta de Andalucia (Consejería de Medio Ambiente-SGYB/FOA/ AFR/SFS, de 17 de Julio de 2012); and (3) Université Cadi Ayyad (Faculté des Sciences, Semlalia, Marrakech, Maroc).
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dc.identifier.citationFroufe, Elsa; Gonçalves, Duarte V.; Teixeira, Amílcar; Sousa, Ronaldo; Varandas, Simone; Ghamizi, Mohamed; Zieritz, Alexandra; Lopes-Lima, Manuel (2016). Who lives where? Molecular and morphometric analyses clarify which Unio species (Unionida, Mollusca) inhabit the southwestern Palearctic. Organisms Diversity and Evolution. ISSN 1439-6092. 16, p. 597-611en_EN
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s13127-016-0262-xpt_PT
dc.identifier.issn1439-6092
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/15324
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.relationCONBI: Biodiversity and Conservation of Bivalves - ecogeographic, genetic and physiological information
dc.subjectFreshwater molluscsen_EN
dc.subjectMessinianen_EN
dc.subjectMicrosatellitesen_EN
dc.subjectMolecular clocken_EN
dc.subjectUnionidaeen_EN
dc.titleWho lives where? Molecular and morphometric analyses clarify which Unio species (Unionida, Mollusca) inhabit the southwestern Palearcticen_EN
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.awardTitleCONBI: Biodiversity and Conservation of Bivalves - ecogeographic, genetic and physiological information
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