How affect the habitat specificity to the speciation of marine organisms

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26800265
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Stratigraphy/Paleontology
• Research Institution: Kyoto University
• Principal Investigator: Nakano Tomoyuki 京都大学, フィールド科学教育研究センター, 助教 (90377995)
• Research Collaborator: Sasaki Takenori ; Yusa Yoichi ; Nakayama Ryo
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 分子系統 / カサガイ / 隠蔽種 / 軟体動物 / 生物地理

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Patellogastropod limpets including Lottia luchuana, Eoacmaea sp. limited to only calcareous substrata, Cellana grata, Lottia kogamogai, Lottia tenuisculpta, Lottia lindbergi inhabiting sediment rocks, and Cellana toreuma living on any substrata were genetically analyzed to clarify their phylogenetic relationships and historical biogeography. As a results of this study, Cellana toreuma has a wide geographic distribution, whereas Eoacmaea sp. limited to calcareous substrata shows a wide geographic variation. Habitats specificity could strongly affect to the speciation of marine organisms.

Free Research Field

分子系統学