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Mechanism underling species radiation associated with the loss of symbiotic habit in marine clams

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17H06795
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Ecology/Environment
Research InstitutionKyoto University

Principal Investigator

Goto Ryutaro  京都大学, フィールド科学教育研究センター, 助教 (50725265)

Project Period (FY) 2017-08-25 – 2019-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2018)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords二枚貝 / 種分化 / 共生 / 多様化 / ウロコガイ科 / 進化 / 系統解析 / ウロコガイ上科
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Galeommatidae is a group of tiny marine bivalves that exhibit a high species diversity in shallow waters and includes free-living and commensal clades. It was suggested that the major free-living group evolved from commensal ancestors and species radiation occurred with this change of the lifestyle. In this project, we investigated the ecological factors associated with the species radiation in this group by comparing the free-living and commensal species in Japan in terms of geographic genetic structure, larval dispersal, and life historical characteristics. Population genetic analyses suggested that both clades include species with and without geographically structured genetic pattern. There is the rough tendency that veliger larvae are brooded from spring to summer in both clades. The size of the prodissoconch varies in each clade, but some major group in free-living clades has smaller prodissoconchs. Facultative commensal galeommatids were newly recorded during the field sampling.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

生活様式の違いが種の多様化にどのように影響を及ぼすかを理解することは進化生物学における重要な命題の一つである。ウロコガイ科二枚貝類には、自由生活性と共生性という対照的な生活様式を持つ系統が存在するため、両者の比較によって、生活様式の転換と種の多様化の関連性を検証できる。両系統の多角的な比較によって得られた本研究の知見は、海洋の生物多様性がどのように創出されたかを理解する上で欠かせないものとなる。

Report

(3 results)
  • 2018 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2017 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All 2019 2018 2017

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 3 results) Presentation (3 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Invited: 2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Evolutionary gain of red blood cells in a commensal bivalve (Galeommatoidea) as an adaptation to a hypoxic shrimp burrow2018

    • Author(s)
      Ryutaro Goto, Hiroaki Fukumori, Yasunori Kano, Makoto Kato
    • Journal Title

      Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

      Volume: 125 Issue: 2 Pages: 368-376

    • DOI

      10.1093/biolinnean/bly104

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] An unusual habitat for bivalves: rediscovery of the enigmatic commensal clam Sagamiscintilla thalassemicola (Habe, 1962) (Bivalvia: Galeommatoidea) from spoon worm’s spoon2018

    • Author(s)
      Ryutaro Goto, Hiroshi Ishikawa
    • Journal Title

      Marine Biodiversity

      Volume: 未確定 Issue: 3 Pages: 1-6

    • DOI

      10.1007/s12526-018-0897-2

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Within-host speciation events in yoyo clams, obligate commensals with mantis shrimps, including one that involves a change in microhabitat and a loss of specialized traits2018

    • Author(s)
      Goto R, Harrison TA, O'Foighil D
    • Journal Title

      Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

      Volume: 印刷中 Issue: 3 Pages: 504-517

    • DOI

      10.1093/biolinnean/bly044

    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Diversity and evolution of spoon worms and their associated fauna2019

    • Author(s)
      Ryutaro Goto
    • Organizer
      Symposium of Integrative Biology: Biodiversity in Asia
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 干潟で見られる共生関係の多様性と進化2018

    • Author(s)
      後藤龍太郎
    • Organizer
      2018年度日本プランクトン学会・日本ベントス学会合同大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] ウロコガイ科二枚貝における住み込み共生と進化2017

    • Author(s)
      後藤龍太郎
    • Organizer
      日本ベントス学会
    • Related Report
      2017 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2017-08-25   Modified: 2020-03-30  

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