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| Teixeira, Sara; Olu, Karine; Decker, Carole; Cunha, Regina L.; Fuchs, Sandra; Hourdez, Stephane; Serrao, Ester A.; Arnaud-haond, Sophie. |
| Chemosynthetic ecosystems are distributed worldwide in fragmented habitats harbouring seemingly highly specialized communities. Yet, shared taxa have been reported from highly distant chemosynthetic communities. These habitats are distributed in distinct biogeographical regions, one of these being the so-called Atlantic Equatorial Belt (AEB). Here, we combined genetic data (COI) from several taxa to assess the possible existence of cryptic or synonymous species and to detect the possible occurrence of contemporary gene flow among populations of chemosynthetic species located on both sides of the Atlantic. Several Evolutionary Significant Units (ESUs) of Alvinocarididae shrimp and Vesicomyidae bivalves were found to be shared across seeps of the AEB. Some... |
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Palavras-chave: Atlantic equatorial belt; Chemosynthetic habitats; Deep-sea connectivity; Endemic bivalves; Endemic shrimp; Genetic diversity; Microsatellite markers; Mitochondrial COI gene. |
| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00157/26789/24950.pdf |
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