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Elena A Ritschard1,2, Jürgen Guerrero-Kommritz3, Juan A Sanchez1.
Abstract
The octopus fauna from the southern Caribbean is an understudied field. However, recent taxonomic work in the Colombian Caribbean has led to the discovery of several new species in the family Octopodidae. To provide molecular evidence for recent descriptions in the area (i.e., Octopus taganga, O. tayrona and Macrotritopus beatrixi) and contribute to the systematics of the family, we reconstructed the first molecular phylogenies of the family including Colombian Caribbean octopus species. Using cytochrome c oxidase subunit I and rhodopsin sequences from specimens collected in three sites (Santa Marta, Old Providence and San Andrés Islands) we inferred maximum-likelihood trees and delimited species with PTP. Our mitochondrial analysis supported the monophyly of species found in the area (i.e., O. taganga, O. hummelincki and O. briareus). The genetic distinction of the species O. tayrona and O. insularis was not resolved, as these were found in one clade together with Caribbean O. vulgaris and O. aff. tayrona species (O. spB) and delimited as a single species. Additionally, our results suggest a distant relationship of the Type I O. vulgaris group (Caribbean region) from the other forms of the species complex (Old World and Brazil). Lastly, the third newly described species M. beatrixi emerged as an independent lineage and was delimited as a single species. However, its relationship to other species of its genus remains unknown due to the lack of sequences in databases. Altogether, our molecular approach to the octopus fauna from the southern Caribbean adds on information to the relationship of Octopodidae species world-wide by providing sequences from recently described species from an understudied region. Further studies employing higher taxon sampling and more molecular information are needed to fill taxonomic gaps in the area and account for single-locus resolution on the systematics of this group.Entities:
Keywords: Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I; Molecular phylogeny; Octopodidae; Octopus; Rhodopsin; Southern Caribbean; Species delimitation
Year: 2019 PMID: 31392090 PMCID: PMC6673601 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.7300
Source DB: PubMed Journal: PeerJ ISSN: 2167-8359 Impact factor: 2.984
Figure 1Sampling locations at the Colombian Caribbean Sea.
San Andrés Island (A), Old Providence Island (B) and Taganga Bay at Santa Marta (C). Maps were generated with QGIS.
Figure 2Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) Maximum Likelihood tree.
(B–C) Black dots represent bootstrap support over the 70% threshold, and asterisks (*) demark sequences generated in this study. Thick grey bars to the right of the phylogeny represent the delimitation of species using PTP with a bootstrap support higher than 70%. Clades with no such bars were not resolved by the species delimitation analysis. Sequences are colored corresponding to their area of sampling (map in A). Abbreviations as follow - mPac: mid-Pacific; nePac: north-eastern Pacific; sePac: south-eastern Pacific; Ca: Caribbean; Br: Brazil; mAI: mid-Atlantic Islands; SAf: South Africa; nAf: northern Africa; neA: north-eastern Atlantic; Me: Mediterranean Sea; mIO: mid-Indian Ocean Islands; Ind: India; IndPac: Indo-Pacific; nAs: northern Asia. The map template was downloaded from www.onlyGFX.com.
Figure 3Rhodopsin (Rho) Maximum Likelihood tree.
(B) Black dots represent bootstrap support over the 70% threshold, and asterisks (*) demark sequences generated in this study. Thick grey bars to the right of the phylogeny represent the delimitation of species using PTP with a bootstrap support higher than 70%. Clades with no such bars were not resolved by the species delimitation analysis. Sequences are colored corresponding to their area of sampling (map in A). Abbreviations as follow - mPac: mid-Pacific; nePac: north-eastern Pacific; sePac: south-eastern Pacific; Ca: Caribbean; Br: Brazil; mAI: mid-Atlantic Islands; SAf: South Africa; nAf: northern Africa; neA: north-eastern Atlantic; Me: Mediterranean Sea; mIO: mid-Indian Ocean Islands; Ind: India; IndPac: Indo-Pacific; nAs: northern Asia. The map template was downloaded from www.onlyGFX.com.