RT Journal Article
T1 Winterfell survivor: The European phylogeography of a riparian earthworm (Annelida, Clitellata)
A1 De Sosa Carrasco, Irene
A1 Fernández Marchán, Daniel
A1 Novo Rodríguez, Marta
A1 Erséus, Christer
A1 Lapied, Emmanuel
A1 Jelić, Mišel
A1 Jabłońska, Aleksandra
A1 Szederjesi, Tímea
A1 Almodóvar Pérez, Ana María
A1 Díaz Cosín, Darío
AB Although some earthworms can survive in permafrost and tolerate cold conditions, it is generally believed that most earthworms were eradicated from northern latitudes during the Last Glacial Maximum. The main goal of this study is to test this hypothesis using a cosmopolitan earthworm as model, Eiseniella tetraedra. We collected 1640 specimens in 294 localities from 19 different countries. We examined three molecular markers (COI, 16S and 28S) and their morphology. Furthermore, we investigated their potential niches through Species Distribution Models. Eleven genetic lineages were found, nested in five clades. Clade I was more prevalent in cold biogeographical regions such as the Continental, the Atlantic or even the Arctic, while clade II was prevalent in Mediterranean regions. Potential niches agreed with the distribution trends. The presence of restricted clades in the Iberian and Scandinavian peninsulas, as well as in Eastern Europe, suggests that these three regions served as refugia during the Last Glacial Maximum. Thus, nunatak and tabula rasa hypotheses were necessary to explain the actual distribution of this riparian earthworm.
PB John Wiley & Sons
SN 0300-3256
YR 2024
FD 2024-12-30
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/122689
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/122689
LA eng
NO de Sosa, I., F. Marchán, D., Novo, M., Erséus, C., Lapied, E., Jelić, M., Jabłońska, A., Szederjesi, T., Almodóvar, A., & Díaz Cosín, D. J. (2025). Winterfell survivor: The European phylogeography of a riparian earthworm (Annelida, Clitellata). Zoologica Scripta, 54, 394–405. https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12714
NO We would like to thank Nuria Sánchez for field support. IS was supported by a Predoctoral Fellowship grant by Complutense University of Madrid. DF was supported by a Juan de la Cierva Formación grant from Spanish Government (FJCI-2017-32895) and a MOPGA grant from the French Government (mopga-postdoc-3-6111272103), and MN was supported by Ramón y Cajal Fellowship (RYC2018-024654-I) of the Spanish Government. This research was funded by projects CGL2013-42908-P and PID2021-122243NB-I00 from the Spanish Government. Several Scandinavian specimens were collected by Christer Erséus and coworkers during faunal inventories funded by the Swedish Taxonomy Initiative, Swedish Species Information Centre (SLU ArtDatabanken), and the Norwegian Taxonomy Initiative, Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre (NTNU Artsdatabanken).
NO Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre
NO Norwegian Taxonomy Initiative
NO Swedish Taxonomy Initiative
NO Swedish Species Information Centre
NO Universidad Complutense de Madrid,
NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España)
NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)
NO CampusFrance
NO European Commission
NO Universidad Complutense de Madrid
DS Docta Complutense
RD 13 sept 2025