RT Journal Article
T1 Understanding the diversification and functional radiation of Aporrectodea (Crassiclitellata, Lumbricidae) through molecular phylogenetics of its endemic species
A1 Fernández Marchán, Daniel
A1 Martínez Navarro, Alejandro
A1 Jiménez Pinadero, Sergio
A1 Gerard, Sylvain
A1 Hedde, Mickaël
A1 Domínguez, Jorge
A1 Decaëns, Thibaud
A1 Novo Rodríguez, Marta
AB The genus Aporrectodea includes some of the most conspicuous earthworm species, but its taxonomic history is among the most complex within the family Lumbricidae. Molecular phylogenetic studies have produced some advances by assigning former Aporrectodea species to other monophyletic clades and by detecting species level lineages within the cosmopolitan caliginosa-trapezoides complex. However, little attention has been devoted to endemic taxa of Aporrectodea such as Ap. rubra, Ap. arverna, Ap. gogna, Ap. balisa, Ap. velox, Ap. giardi voconca and Ap. longa ripicola. These earthworms (and additional populations of Ap. longa and Ap. nocturna) were included in a molecular phylogenetic framework in order to reconstruct the ancestral range of the genus, as well as to help understand its diversification within its native range and to perform a systematic revision. Species delimitation, ancestral area reconstruction and Bayesian inference of the phylogenetic relationships were performed using a large gene sequence (COI) dataset and a narrower dataset composed of 5 mitochondrial and nuclear markers. Phylogenetic position and species delimitation indicated that Ap. giardi voconca and Ap. longa ripicola constitute species-level entities not closely related to Ap. giardi or Ap. longa, and they were thus redescribed as Aporrectodea voconca stat. nov. and Aporrectodea ripicola stat. nov. Ancestral area reconstruction enabled location of the origin of Aporrectodea in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alps, in Southeastern France. The study findings provide some insight into the evolution of functional traits in this ecologically successful genus. Ap. rubra and Ap. arverna (small, reddish, epigeic/epianecic) and Ap. gogna (very large, dark, anecic) were recovered as the earliest branching taxa, suggesting a complex evolution of functional traits within this genus.
PB Elsevier
SN 1164-5563
YR 2023
FD 2023-09-28
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/88085
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/88085
LA eng
NO Xunta de Galicia .Consellería de Cultura, Educación e Ordenación Universitaria. Secretaria Xeral de Universidades
NO MInisterio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades/Campus France
NO Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades/Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER)/Agencia Estatal de Investigación (AEI)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 7 abr 2025