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Ballou L, Brankovits D, Chávez-Solís EM, Chávez Díaz JM, Gonzalez BC, Rohret S, Salinas A, Liu A, Simões N, Álvarez F, Miglietta MP, Iliffe TM, Borda E. An integrative re-evaluation of Typhlatya shrimp within the karst aquifer of the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico. Sci Rep 2022; 12:5302. [PMID: 35351932 PMCID: PMC8961266 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-08779-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 03/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
Abstract
The Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico is a carbonate platform well-known for extensive karst networks of densely stratified aquifer ecosystems. This aquifer supports diverse anchialine fauna, including species of the globally distributed anchialine shrimp genus Typhlatya (Atyidae). Four species (T. campecheae, T. pearsei, T. dzilamensis and T. mitchelli) are endemic to the Peninsula, of which three are federally listed in Mexico. This first integrative evaluation (i.e., molecular, morphological, broad geographic and type locality sampling, and environmental data) of Yucatán Typhlatya reveals considerable species identity conflict in prior phylogenetic assessments, broad species ranges, syntopy within cave systems and five genetic lineages (of which two are new to science). Despite sampling from the type locality of endangered T. campecheae, specimens (and molecular data) were indistinguishable from vulnerable T. pearsei. Ancestral/divergence reconstructions support convergent evolution of a low-salinity ancestor for a post-Paleogene arc Yucatán + Cuba Typhlatya clade within the anchialine Atyidae clade. A secondary adaptation for the coastal-restricted euryhaline (2–37 psu), Typhlatya dzilamensis (unknown conservation status) was identified, while remaining species lineages were low-salinity (< 5 psu) adapted and found within the meteoric lens of inland and coastal caves. This study demonstrates the need for integrative/interdisciplinary approaches when conducting biodiversity assessments in complex and poorly studied aquifers.
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- Lauren Ballou
- Department of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University at Galveston, 200 Seawolf Pkwy, Galveston, TX, USA
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- Molecular Ecology Group, Water Research Institute, National Research Council of Italy (IRSA CNR), 28922, Pallanza, Italy
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- Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas, Unidad de Posgrado, Edificio A, 1er piso, Circuito de Posgrados, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, Ciudad de México, Mexico.,Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico
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- Colección Nacional de Crustáceos, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, A.P. 70-153, 04510, Coyoacán, México D.F., Mexico
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- Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 37012, Washington D.C., USA
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- Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Green Bldg., 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA, USA.,Geology & Geophysics Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 266 Woods Hole Road, MS #52, Woods Hole, MA, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Notre Dame, 100 Galvin Life Science Center, Notre Dame, IN, USA
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- School of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Emil W. Haury Anthropology Bldg., 1009 E South Campus Dr., Tucson, AZ, USA
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- Unidad Multidisciplinaria de Docencia e Investigación, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Puerto de Abrigo S/N, Sisal, Yucatán, Mexico.,National Coastal Resilience Laboratory (LANRESC), Puerto de Abrigo S/N, Sisal, Yucatán, Mexico.,International Chair for Ocean and Coastal Studies in Mexico, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M at Corpus Christi, 6300 Ocean Drive, Corpus Christi, TX, USA
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- Colección Nacional de Crustáceos, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, A.P. 70-153, 04510, Coyoacán, México D.F., Mexico
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- Department of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University at Galveston, 200 Seawolf Pkwy, Galveston, TX, USA
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- Department of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University at Galveston, 200 Seawolf Pkwy, Galveston, TX, USA
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- Department of Life Sciences, Texas A&M University San Antonio, One University Way, San Antonio, TX, USA.
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Angyal D, Chávez-Solís EM, Liévano-Beltrán LA, Magaña B, Simoes N, Mascaró M. New distribution records of subterranean crustaceans from cenotes in Yucatan (Mexico). Zookeys 2020; 911:21-49. [PMID: 32104137 PMCID: PMC7031413 DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.911.47694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2019] [Accepted: 01/03/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
New records of 14 stygobiont crustacean species pertaining to six Malacostraca orders from 32 cenotes are presented, with their associated caves of the state of Yucatan, Mexico, together with an individual account for each species. Species composition of most of the investigated cenotes is examined for the first time. A thermosbaenacean and two amphipod species were not formally recorded to the cenote ecosystems of the state of Yucatan prior to our research. Distribution data of a cirolanid isopod previously known only from its type locality is also provided. Barcodes of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I for the reported peracarid species previously lacking this information have been included in present study as tools for species identification and a baseline of further molecular genetic analyses.
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- Dorottya Angyal
- Unidad Multidisciplinaria de Docencia e Investigación, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Puerto de abrigo S/N, C.P. 97356, Sisal, Yucatan, Mexico.,Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Baross u. 13, 1088 Budapest, Hungary
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- Unidad Multidisciplinaria de Docencia e Investigación, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Puerto de abrigo S/N, C.P. 97356, Sisal, Yucatan, Mexico.,Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Avenida Universidad 3000, Copilco-Universidad, Ciudad de México 04510, México
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- Unidad Multidisciplinaria de Docencia e Investigación, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Puerto de abrigo S/N, C.P. 97356, Sisal, Yucatan, Mexico.,Posgrado en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Avenida Universidad 3000, Copilco-Universidad, Ciudad de México 04510, México
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- Unidad Multidisciplinaria de Docencia e Investigación, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Puerto de abrigo S/N, C.P. 97356, Sisal, Yucatan, Mexico
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- Unidad Multidisciplinaria de Docencia e Investigación, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Puerto de abrigo S/N, C.P. 97356, Sisal, Yucatan, Mexico.,Laboratorio Nacional de Resiliencia Costera, Laboratorios Nacionales (LANRESC), CONACYT, Puerto de abrigo S/N, C.P. 97356, Sisal, Yucatan, Mexico.,International Chair for Ocean and Coastal Studies, Harte Research Institute, Texas A&M at Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
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- Unidad Multidisciplinaria de Docencia e Investigación, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Puerto de abrigo S/N, C.P. 97356, Sisal, Yucatan, Mexico.,Laboratorio Nacional de Resiliencia Costera, Laboratorios Nacionales (LANRESC), CONACYT, Puerto de abrigo S/N, C.P. 97356, Sisal, Yucatan, Mexico
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