First record of Linderiella jeabalae Boix, Sala, Escoriza & Alonso 2016 (Crustacea, Branchiopoda, Anostraca) in the Iberian Peninsula. Dispersal across the Strait of Gibraltar?

Authors

  • Juan Garcia de Lomas Latin Agencia de Medio Ambiente y Agua de Andalucía
  • Marc Ventura 2 Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes, Spanish Research Council (CEAB-CSIC), Integrative Freshwater Ecology Group (IFE), Accés Cala Sant Francesc 14, 17300, Blanes, Girona, Spain
  • Carlos M. García Grupo de Investigación Estructura y Dinámica de Ecosistemas Acuáticos, Universidad de Cádiz, Avda. República Saharaui s/n, 11510, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain.
  • Jenny Caner Centre for Advanced Studies of Blanes, Spanish Research Council (CEAB-CSIC), Integrative Freshwater Ecology Group (IFE), Accés Cala Sant Francesc 14, 17300, Blanes, Girona, Spain.
  • Francisco A. Jiménez-Cantizano 4 Dep. Ciencias Analíticas. Facultad de Ciencias. Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Senda del Rey 9, 20840, Madrid, Spain.
  • Miguel Alonso FEHM-Lab (Freshwater Ecology, Hydrology and Management). Dep. BiologiaEvolutiva, Ecologia i CiènciesAmbientals, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Diagonal 643, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
  • Francisco Hortas Dep. Biología, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales, Universidad de Cádiz, Avda. República Saharaui s/n, 11510, Puerto Real, Cádiz, Spain

Abstract

We report the first record of Linderiella jebalae in the Iberian Peninsula from two temporary ponds in La Línea de la Concepción (Cádiz, southern Spain). This species was described in 2016 in the Moroccan Atlas Mountain range on the other side of the Strait of Gibraltar, 102 km away from this new Iberian location. Sequencing a fragment of coenzyme I oxidase (COI) showed a higher genetic diversity in Morocco, but only one haplotype in the Iberian populations, suggesting recent dispersal from Morocco to Spain, possibly mediated by birds through their annual migrations. This finding increases the diversity of anostraceans in the Iberian Peninsula to 16 species.

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Published

2023-06-07

Issue

Vol. 42 No. 2 (2023): Limnetica

Section

Research Paper

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