Does Petrolisthes Armatus (Anomura, Porcellanidae) Form a Species Complex Or Are We Dealing with Just One Widely Distributed Species? Fernando L
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View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Biblioteca Digital da Produção Intelectual da Universidade de São Paulo (BDPI/USP) Zoological Studies 50(3): 372-384 (2011) Does Petrolisthes armatus (Anomura, Porcellanidae) form a Species Complex or Are We Dealing with Just One Widely Distributed Species? Fernando L. Mantelatto1,*, Leonardo G. Pileggi1, Ivana Miranda1, and Ingo S. Wehrtmann2 1Laboratory of Bioecology and Crustacean Systematics, Postgraduate Program in Comparative Biology, Department of Biology, Faculty of Philosophy, Science and Letters of Ribeirão Preto (FFCLRP), Univ. of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto (SP); Av. Bandeirantes 3900, CEP 14040-901, Ribeirão Preto (SP), Brazil 2Unidad de Investigación Pesquera y Acuicultura (UNIP) of the Centro de Investigación en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología (CIMAR), and Museo de Zoología, Escuela de Biología, Univ. de Costa Rica, San Pedro-San José 2060, Costa Rica (Accepted December 28, 2010) Fernando L. Mantelatto, Leonardo G. Pileggi, Ivana Miranda, and Ingo S. Wehrtmann (2011) Does Petrolisthes armatus (Anomura, Porcellanidae) form a species complex or are we dealing with just one widely distributed species? Zoological Studies 50(3): 372-384. Petrolisthes armatus has the widest distribution known among members of the family Porcellanidae and is one of the most ubiquitous and locally abundant intertidal decapods along the Atlantic coast of the Americas. Considering its geographical distribution and morphological plasticity, several authors postulated the existence of a P. armatus species complex. In the present study we used genetic data from the mitochondrial 16S ribosomal gene to determine the genetic variability of P. armatus from selected locations within its eastern tropical Pacific and western Atlantic distributions. Our phylogenic analysis included 49 specimens represented by 26 species of the genus Petrolisthes and 16 specimens from 10 species and 4 related genera. Genetic distances estimated among the analyzed Petrolisthes species ranged from 2.6%-22.0%; varied between 0%-5.7% for 16S. Additionally, the revision of P. armatus specimens from Pacific Costa Rica and Brazilian Waters showed no geographically significant morphological variations among the analyzed specimens. Therefore, our morphological and genetic data do not support the hypothesis of a P. armatus complex within the specimens studied herein from the Americas, but convincingly confirm the monophyly and non-separateness of the members assigned as P. armatus. http://zoolstud.sinica.edu.tw/Journals/50.3/372.pdf Key words: Morphology, Taxonomy, Phylogenetic relationships. Comparative studies of crustacean species the anomuran infraorder, which hinders the known to occur over a wide geographic range can development of a more complete understanding of provide valuable information on the development of the evolution of life cycle strategies in this highly intraspecific adaptations to different environmental diverse group of crustaceans (Shirley et al. 1987, conditions (Stearns 1992, Terossi et al. 2010). Garcia and Mantelatto 2001, Mantelatto et al. 2006, Moreover, some morphological variability among Silva et al. 2009, Weiss et al. 2010). closely or distantly related decapod species Porcellanid crabs represent an important might be used as models to test the role of the part of the decapod fauna living in intertidal and environment in explaining evolutionary innovations shallow-water zones. Currently, there are about by species inhabiting marine habitats. However, 279 valid species partitioned among 30 genera, the number of published studies regarding this primarily distributed in tropical and subtropical subject is limited, particularly for members of zones (Osawa and McLaughlin 2010). The genus * To whom correspondence and reprint requests should be addressed. Tel/Fax: 55-16-36023656. E-mail:[email protected] 372 Mantelatto et al. – Species Complex in Question: P. armatus as a Model 373 Petrolisthes Stimpson, 1858 is composed of nearly complex within the specimens studied herein from 100 valid species distributed globally and is the the Americas. largest genus within the family Porcellanidae (Haig 1960, Stillman and Reeb 2001, Rodríguez et al. 2005, Osawa and McLaughlin 2010). MATERIAL AND METHODS Petrolisthes armatus (Gibbes 1850) has the widest distribution known in the Porcellanidae Sample collection and is one of the most ubiquitous and locally abundant intertidal decapods along the Atlantic Porcellanid crabs were collected in 2004- coasts of the Americas. Its known distribution 2009 from different localities or were provided covers wide ranges on both the Atlantic and Pacific by colleagues (Table 1). Freshly collected coasts (Melo 1999, Stillman and Reeb 2001): in specimens were directly preserved in 75%-90% the western Atlantic Ocean, it ranges from North ethanol. Species identification was confirmed Carolina to Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, the Antilles, using morphological characters described in the Central America, Venezuela, Colombia, and Brazil literature (Haig 1960, Melo 1999). The following (Rodríguez et al. 2005); in the eastern Atlantic morphological characters were checked: carapace from Senegal to Angola, and Ascension I.; and in ornamentation (granulations or plications), the the eastern Pacific, from the Gulf of California to presence of an epibranquial spine, front shape, the Costa Rica, the Galapagos I., and Peru. Its wide number and shape of the teeth on the carpus of geographical distribution makes this species an the chelipeds, walking legs on the anterior margin ideal and frequently used candidate for studies on and presence of a spine on the posterodistal distribution and biogeography (Carvacho 1980, angle of 1st and 2nd legs. Specimen vouchers Gore 1982, Stillman and Somero 2000, Werding from which new tissue subsamples were obtained et al. 2003, Rodríguez et al. 2005), molecular were deposited in the Crustacean Collection phylogeny (Stillman and Reeb 2001, Morrison of the Biology Department (CCDB), Faculty of et al. 2002), population dynamics (Oliveira and Philosophy, Sciences and Letters of Ribeirão Preto Masunari 1995, Díaz-Ferguson and Vargas- (FFCLRP), Univ. of São Paulo (USP) (Table 1). Zamora 2001, Miranda and Mantelatto 2009), and reproduction (Wehrtmann et al. 2011). DNA extraction, amplification, and sequencing The apparent distribution of a species over a wide geographical range may raise the question The sequences used in this study were of whether there is one or several, morphologically generated from our own extractions (14 sequ- similar species. As an example involving deca- ences) or retrieved from GenBank (Table 1). When pods, many studies focusing on the genetic possible, 2-5 specimens from each collection site differentiation of different lobster populations led were used for the species analyses to limit the to the recognition of subspecies or new species chance of misidentifications and also to observe (Sarver et al. 1998 2000, García-Rodríguez and the variability. Apart from P. armatus, we included Perez-Enriquez 2008). Considering the wide other porcellanid crabs from other genera to geographical distribution and morphological compare them with a broader extension of the plasticity reported for P. armatus, it is not surprising phylogenetic tree. that several authors mentioned the possibility of DNA extraction, amplification, and sequencing a P. armatus species complex (Rodríguez et al. protocols followed Schubart et al. (2000a) with 2005, Hiller et al. 2006). modifications described by Mantelatto et al. Therefore, in the present study, we used (2006 2007 2009a) and Robles et al. (2007). genetic data from the mitochondrial 16S ribosomal Total genomic DNA was extracted from muscle gene to determine the genetic variability of P. tissue from the walking legs or chelipeds. The armatus from the eastern tropical Pacific (Costa muscle was ground up and incubated for 1-12 h Rica) and the western Atlantic distributions in 600 μl of lysis buffer at 65°C; proteins were (Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, and Brazil). separated by the addition of 200 μl of 7.5 M Additionally, morphological data were compiled ammonium acetate prior to centrifugation. DNA from Haig (1960), and the encountered diagnostic precipitation was achieved by the addition of 600 μl differences were compared with our molecular of cold isopropanol followed by centrifugation; the findings. Our results provide solid evidence to resultant pellet was washed with 70% ethanol, reject the hypothesis of a P. armatus species dried, and resuspended in 10-20 μl of TE buffer. 374 Zoological Studies 50(3): 372-384 (2011) An approximately 550-base pair (bp) 2010), under direct optimization with parsimony region of the 16S rDNA gene was amplified from as the optimality criterion (Wheeler 1996). Trees diluted DNA by means of a polymerase chain were constructed through a random addition reaction (PCR) conducted in a Thermo® PxE sequence followed by a combination of branch- 0.2 Thermal Cycler (Waltham, MA, USA) with swapping steps (subtree pruning and regrafting the following thermal cycles: initial denaturing (SPR) and tree bisection and reconnection (TBR)). for 10 min at 94°C, annealing for 38-42 cycles The ratcheting procedure was used to enhance of 1 min at 94°C, 1 min at 45-48°C, and 2 min branch swapping by randomly reweighting at 72°C, with a final extension of 10 min at characters during the SPR and TBR procedures. A 72°C. The primers were designated as follows: sensitivity