Does the Kuroshio Current transport planktonic larvae of the hydrothermal-vent crab <i>Xenograpsus</i> Takeda & Kurata, 1977 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Grapsoidea)?
Does the Kuroshio Current transport planktonic larvae of the hydrothermal-vent crab <i>Xenograpsus</i> Takeda & Kurata, 1977 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Grapsoidea)?
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黑潮是否输送热液喷口蟹<i>Xenograpsus</i> Takeda的浮游幼虫
DOI:
10.1093/jcbiol/ruac016
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发表时间:
2022
影响因子:
1.1
通讯作者:
Miyake Hiroshi
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作者:
Oda Ayako;Watanabe Hiromi Kayama;Ohtsuka Susumu;Wada Shigeki;Kondo Yusuke;Miyake Hiroshi
The grapsoid crabXenograpsusinhabiting shallow-water hydrothermal vents shows a limited distribution in the western Pacific, thus providing a good opportunity to observe how a species expands its distribution and establishes and maintains a metapopulation. We analyzed four Japanese populations ofXenograpsus(Kueishan-dao, Showa Iwo-jima, Shikine-jima, and Omuro-dashi) distributed along the Kuroshio Current to assess whether population connectivity is affected by the current. The reconstructed phylogenetic tree indicated that the specimens analyzed belong to a single clade, includingX. testudinatusin Kueishan-dao. We could not include genetic data ofX. novaeinsularisand tentatively refer to the specimens analyzed asX. testudinatus. All four populations shared the two major haplotypes. Statistically significant population differentiation was nevertheless recognized between Showa Iwo-jima and Omuro-dashi, about 1,000 km apart. The number of individuals analyzed in Shikine-jima (N= 11) and Kueishan-dao (N= 5) might not be enough to detect differences. The relative age of population expansion seemed to correlate with the direction of the Kuroshio Countercurrent. Together with knowledge on the distribution of the planktonic larvae, larvae ofX. testudinatusstay and mostly contribute to its source population. The Kuroshio Current system occasionally transports the larvae and juveniles, or even adult individuals on floating pumice and other materials, to eventually settle into newly formed habitats after volcanic eruptions, thus expanding the distributional range of the species.