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Título: Phylogeny and biogeography of the Cavernicola (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida): relicts of an epigean group sheltering in caves?
Palavras-chave: Gondwana
Pangea
Molecular phylogeny
Taxonomy
Troglobitic flatworms
Filogenia molecular
Taxonomia
Troglobíticos
Data do documento: Abr-2020
Editor: Elsevier
Citação: BENÍTEZ-ÁLVAREZ, L. et al. Phylogeny and biogeography of the Cavernicola (Platyhelminthes: Tricladida): relicts of an epigean group sheltering in caves? Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, [S. I.], v. 145, Apr. 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106709.
Resumo: The planarian suborder Cavernicola Sluys, 1990 was originally created to house five species of triclad flatworms with special morphological features and a surprisingly discontinuous and broad geographic distribution. These five species could not be accommodated with any degree of certainty in any of the three taxonomic groups existing at that moment, viz., Paludicola Hallez, 1892, Terricola Hallez, 1892, and Maricola Hallez, 1892. The scarce representation of the group and the peculiarities of the morphological features of the species, including several described more recently, have complicated new tests of the monophyly of the Cavernicola, the assessment of its taxonomic status, as well as the resolution of its internal relationships. Here we present the first molecular study including all genera currently known for the group, excepting one. We analysed newly generated 18S and 28S rDNA data for these species, together with a broad representation of other triclad flatworms. The resulting phylogenetic trees supported the monophyly of the Cavernicola, as well as its sister-group relationship to the Maricola. The sister-group relationship to the Maricola and affinities within the Cavernicola falsify the morphology-based phylogeny of the latter that was proposed previously. The relatively high diversity of some cavernicolan genera suggests that the presumed rarity of the group actually may in part be due to a collecting artefact. Ancestral state reconstruction analyses suggest that the ancestral habitat of the group concerned epigean freshwater conditions. Our results point to an evolutionary scenario in which the Cavernicola (a) originated in a freshwater habitat, (b) as the sister clade of the marine triclads, and (c) subsequently radiated and colonized both epigean and hypogean environments. Competition with other planarians, notably members of the Continenticola, or changes in epigean habitat conditions are two possible explanations -still to be tested- for the loss of most epigean diversity of the Cavernicola, which is currently reflected in their highly disjunct distributions.
URI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2019.106709
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