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DISTRIBUTION OF CAVE-DWELLING AEGLA SPP. (DECAPODA: ANOMURA: AEGLIDAE) FROM THE ALTO RIBEIRA KARSTIC AREA IN SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL BASED ON GEOMORPHOLOGICAL EVIDENCE

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Author(s):
Fernandes, Camile Sorbo [1] ; de Siqueira Bueno, Sergio Luiz [2] ; Bichuette, Maria Elina [1]
Total Authors: 3
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Fed Sao Carlos, Dept Ecol & Biol Evolutiva, BR-13565905 Sao Carlos, SP - Brazil
[2] Univ Sao Paulo, Dept Zool, Inst Biociencias, BR-05508090 Sao Paulo - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 2
Document type: Journal article
Source: JOURNAL OF CRUSTACEAN BIOLOGY; v. 33, n. 4, p. 567-575, JUL 2013.
Web of Science Citations: 9
Abstract

In this study, we assess the main ecological and evolutionary causes of the current distribution of cave dwelling species of Aegla from the Alto Ribeira karstic province, southeastern Brazil. Based on field surveys conducted over several years and on examination of scientific collections, we discuss herein how processes of colonization, dispersal, and vicariance could have resulted in the present pattern of distribution of these species. Given the extensive area of continuous limestone lenses interrupted by insoluble rocks, the distribution of aeglids from Alto Ribeira is limited by stratigraphic barriers, possibly due to difficulty in accessing other underground compartments and low vagility of juveniles. Sympatric speciation is unlikely, since molecular evidence does not support a strong sister-group relationship between extant troglophilic and troglobitic species with sympatric distribution in the study area. Under differing sources of evidence, we hypothesize that Pleistocene climatic fluctuations and drainage changes is the main cause of vicariance in the study area, while the fragmented nature of the limestone lenses probably hindered subsurface dispersion. Troglobites could be relicts of extinct epigean ancestrals, while the extant troglophiles did not achieve reproductive isolation after vicariance events, resulting in the present co-distribution with species less closely related. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 98/05073-4 - Survey and biology of freshwater crustaceans, insects and mollusks in the state of São Paulo
Grantee:Claudio Gilberto Froehlich
Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Thematic Grants