RESEARCH ARTICLE Phylogeography of a Marine Insular Endemic in the Atlantic Macaronesia: The Azorean Barnacle, Megabalanus azoricus (Pilsbry, 1916) Javier Quinteiro1☯*, Pablo Manent2☯, Lois Pérez-Diéguez1☯, José A. González2‡, Corrine Almeida3‡, Evandro Lopes3‡, Ricardo Araújo4‡, Gilberto P. Carreira5‡, Manuel Rey-Méndez1☯, Nieves González-Henríquez2☯ 1 Molecular Systematics Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain, 2 Departament of Biology, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, 3 Departament of Enginery and Sea Sciences. University of Cabo Verde, Mindelo, São Vicente, Cabo Verde, 4 Natural History Museum of Funchal, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, 5 Regional Directorate of Sea Affaires, Regional Secretary of Natural Resources, Horta, Açores, Portugal ☯ These authors contributed equally to this work. ‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work. *
[email protected] OPEN ACCESS Citation: Quinteiro J, Manent P, Pérez-Diéguez L, González JA, Almeida C, Lopes E, et al. (2015) Phylogeography of a Marine Insular Endemic in the Abstract Atlantic Macaronesia: The Azorean Barnacle, The Azorean barnacle, Megabalanus azoricus (Pilsbry, 1916), is a Macaronesian endemic Megabalanus azoricus (Pilsbry, 1916). PLoS ONE 10(4): e0124707. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0124707 whose obscure taxonomy and the unknown relationships among forms inhabiting isolated Northern Atlantic oceanic islands is investigated by means of molecular analysis herein. Academic Editor: Andrew R. Mahon, Central Michigan University, UNITED STATES Mitochondrial data from the 16S rRNA and COX1 genes support its current species status, tropical ancestry, and the taxonomic homogeneity throughout its distribution range. In con- Received: November 6, 2014 trast, at the intraspecific level and based on control region sequences, we detected an over- Accepted: March 3, 2015 all low level of genetic diversity and three divergent lineages.