title: Evolutionary dynamics in the southwest Indian ocean marine biodiversity hotspot: a perspective from the rocky shore gastropod genus Nerita.
abstract: The Southwest Indian Ocean (SWIO) is a striking marine biodiversity hotspot. Coral reefs in this region host a high proportion of endemics compared to total species richness and they are particularly threatened by human activities. The island archipelagos with their diverse marine habitats constitute a natural laboratory for studying diversification processes. Rocky shores in the SWIO region have remained understudied. This habitat presents a high diversity of molluscs, in particular gastropods. To explore the role of climatic and geological factors in lineage diversification within the genus Nerita, we constructed a new phylogeny with an associated chronogram from two mitochondrial genes [cytochrome oxidase sub-unit 1 and 16S rRNA], combining previously published and new data from eight species sampled throughout the region. All species from the SWIO originated less than 20 Ma ago, their closest extant relatives living in the Indo-Australian Archipelago (IAA). Furthermore, the SWIO clades within species with Indo-Pacific distribution ranges are quite recent, less than 5 Ma. These results suggest that the regional diversification of Nerita is closely linked to tectonic events in the SWIO region. The Reunion mantle plume head reached Earth's surface 67 Ma and has been stable and active since then, generating island archipelagos, some of which are partly below sea level today. Since the Miocene, sea-level fluctuations have intermittently created new rocky shore habitats. These represent ephemeral stepping-stones, which have likely facilitated repeated colonization by intertidal gastropods, like Nerita populations from the IAA, leading to allopatric speciation. This highlights the importance of taking into account past climatic and geological factors when studying diversification of highly dispersive tropical marine species. It also underlines the unique history of the marine biodiversity of the SWIO region.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'ECOlogie MARine, Université de la Réunion, FRE3560 INEE-CNRS, Saint Denis, La Réunion, France; Labex CORAIL, Perpignan, France.
authors.forename: Bautisse
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Postaire
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'ECOlogie MARine, Université de la Réunion, FRE3560 INEE-CNRS, Saint Denis, La Réunion, France; Labex CORAIL, Perpignan, France.
authors.forename: J Henrich
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Bruggemann
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'ECOlogie MARine, Université de la Réunion, FRE3560 INEE-CNRS, Saint Denis, La Réunion, France; Labex CORAIL, Perpignan, France.
authors.forename: Hélène
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Magalon
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'ECOlogie MARine, Université de la Réunion, FRE3560 INEE-CNRS, Saint Denis, La Réunion, France; Biotope, Service Recherche et Développement, Mèze, France.
authors.forename: Baptiste
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Faure
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D005075:Biological Evolution; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D049851:Gastropoda / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D005843:Geography; D019156:Indian Ocean; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
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