Biogeography of Indo-Pacific Pontoniinae (Crustacea, Decapoda): a PAE analysis
Biogeography of Indo-Pacific Pontoniinae (Crustacea, Decapoda): a PAE analysis
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DOI:
10.1046/j.1365-2699.2001.00633.x
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发表时间:
2001-10-01
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3.9
通讯作者:
De Grave, S
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作者:
De Grave, S
Aim Pontoniid shrimps are one of the most abundant coral reef associated taxa in the Indo-Pacific. Although taxonomically well known, their ecology, life history and biogeography appears virtually unstudied. The object of the present contribution is to derive a basin wide biogeographical hypothesis, using a limited number of operational geographic units (OGU).Location Twelve OGU's were selected, spanning the entire Indo-Pacific, from the East coast of Africa and the Red Sea to the Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP).Methods Analysis was based on a species by OGU matrix, in which presences (1) and putative occurrences (?) were coded. Parsimony analysis of endemicity (PAE) was applied to the data set, using Dollo and Wagner Parsimony.Results A hierarchical pattern of area relationships was derived, with the TEP occupying a basal position, Hawaii and French Polynesia occupy positions higher up in the cladogram, whilst the Melanesian OGU maintains a sister-area relationship to the crown clade. The latter consists of the Indo-Philippine area, the Australian and all Indian Ocean OGUs.Main conclusions Pontoniinae exhibit a clear hierarchical pattern of area relationships, which is congruent with previous biogeographical studies on coral reef and other taxa. The observed pattern can be explained by a combination of dispersal and vicariant events, whilst the importance of sea level changes is recognized.