Ancient globetrotters—connectivity and putative native ranges of two cosmopolitan biofouling amphipods

The geographic distributions of some coastal marine species have appeared as cosmopolitan ever since they were first scientifically documented. In particular, for many benthic species that are associated with anthropogenic substrata, there is much speculation as to whether or not their broad distrib...

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Main Authors: Jan Beermann, Allison K. Hall-Mullen, Charlotte Havermans, Joop WP Coolen, Richard PMA Crooijmans, Bert Dibbits, Christoph Held, Andrea Desiderato
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spelling doaj-587cd562936347fc908a18d1ae9862372020-11-25T01:18:43ZengPeerJ Inc.PeerJ2167-83592020-07-018e961310.7717/peerj.9613Ancient globetrotters—connectivity and putative native ranges of two cosmopolitan biofouling amphipodsJan Beermann0Allison K. Hall-Mullen1Charlotte Havermans2Joop WP Coolen3Richard PMA Crooijmans4Bert Dibbits5Christoph Held6Andrea Desiderato7Department of Functional Ecology, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, GermanyDepartment of Functional Ecology, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, GermanyDepartment of Functional Ecology, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, GermanyWageningen Marine Research, Den Helder, The NetherlandsAnimal Breeding and Genomics, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The NetherlandsAnimal Breeding and Genomics, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The NetherlandsDepartment of Functional Ecology, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, GermanyDepartment of Functional Ecology, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, GermanyThe geographic distributions of some coastal marine species have appeared as cosmopolitan ever since they were first scientifically documented. In particular, for many benthic species that are associated with anthropogenic substrata, there is much speculation as to whether or not their broad distributions can be explained by natural mechanisms of dispersal. Here, we focused on two congeneric coastal crustaceans with cosmopolitan distributions—the tube-dwelling amphipods Jassa marmorata and Jassa slatteryi. Both species are common elements of marine biofouling on nearly all kinds of artificial hard substrata in temperate to warm seas. We hypothesized that the two species’ modern occurrences across the oceans are the result of human shipping activities that started centuries ago. Mitochondrial DNA sequences of the CO1 fragment of specimens from distinct marine regions around the world were analysed, evaluating genetic structure and migration models and making inferences on putative native ranges of the two Jassa species. Populations of both species exhibited considerable genetic diversity with differing levels of geographic structure. For both species, at least two dominant haplotypes were shared among several geographic populations. Rapid demographic expansion and high migration rates between geographically distant regions support a scenario of ongoing dispersal all over the world. Our findings indicate that the likely former native range of J. marmorata is the Northwest Atlantic, whereas the likely former native range of J. slatteryi is the Northern Pacific region. As corroborated by the genetic connectivity between populations, shipping still appears to be the more successful vector of the two species’ dispersal when compared to natural mechanisms. Historical invasion events that likely started centuries ago, along with current ongoing dispersal, confirm these species’ identities as true “neocosmopolitans”.https://peerj.com/articles/9613.pdfAmphipodaBiofoulingBiological invasionCosmopolitan distributionMarine dispersalMarine shipping
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author Jan Beermann
Allison K. Hall-Mullen
Charlotte Havermans
Joop WP Coolen
Richard PMA Crooijmans
Bert Dibbits
Christoph Held
Andrea Desiderato
spellingShingle Jan Beermann
Allison K. Hall-Mullen
Charlotte Havermans
Joop WP Coolen
Richard PMA Crooijmans
Bert Dibbits
Christoph Held
Andrea Desiderato
Ancient globetrotters—connectivity and putative native ranges of two cosmopolitan biofouling amphipods
PeerJ
Amphipoda
Biofouling
Biological invasion
Cosmopolitan distribution
Marine dispersal
Marine shipping
author_facet Jan Beermann
Allison K. Hall-Mullen
Charlotte Havermans
Joop WP Coolen
Richard PMA Crooijmans
Bert Dibbits
Christoph Held
Andrea Desiderato
author_sort Jan Beermann
title Ancient globetrotters—connectivity and putative native ranges of two cosmopolitan biofouling amphipods
title_short Ancient globetrotters—connectivity and putative native ranges of two cosmopolitan biofouling amphipods
title_full Ancient globetrotters—connectivity and putative native ranges of two cosmopolitan biofouling amphipods
title_fullStr Ancient globetrotters—connectivity and putative native ranges of two cosmopolitan biofouling amphipods
title_full_unstemmed Ancient globetrotters—connectivity and putative native ranges of two cosmopolitan biofouling amphipods
title_sort ancient globetrotters—connectivity and putative native ranges of two cosmopolitan biofouling amphipods
publisher PeerJ Inc.
series PeerJ
issn 2167-8359
publishDate 2020-07-01
description The geographic distributions of some coastal marine species have appeared as cosmopolitan ever since they were first scientifically documented. In particular, for many benthic species that are associated with anthropogenic substrata, there is much speculation as to whether or not their broad distributions can be explained by natural mechanisms of dispersal. Here, we focused on two congeneric coastal crustaceans with cosmopolitan distributions—the tube-dwelling amphipods Jassa marmorata and Jassa slatteryi. Both species are common elements of marine biofouling on nearly all kinds of artificial hard substrata in temperate to warm seas. We hypothesized that the two species’ modern occurrences across the oceans are the result of human shipping activities that started centuries ago. Mitochondrial DNA sequences of the CO1 fragment of specimens from distinct marine regions around the world were analysed, evaluating genetic structure and migration models and making inferences on putative native ranges of the two Jassa species. Populations of both species exhibited considerable genetic diversity with differing levels of geographic structure. For both species, at least two dominant haplotypes were shared among several geographic populations. Rapid demographic expansion and high migration rates between geographically distant regions support a scenario of ongoing dispersal all over the world. Our findings indicate that the likely former native range of J. marmorata is the Northwest Atlantic, whereas the likely former native range of J. slatteryi is the Northern Pacific region. As corroborated by the genetic connectivity between populations, shipping still appears to be the more successful vector of the two species’ dispersal when compared to natural mechanisms. Historical invasion events that likely started centuries ago, along with current ongoing dispersal, confirm these species’ identities as true “neocosmopolitans”.
topic Amphipoda
Biofouling
Biological invasion
Cosmopolitan distribution
Marine dispersal
Marine shipping
url https://peerj.com/articles/9613.pdf
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