Morphological diversity of the stone crayfish − traditional and geometric morphometric approach
Austropotamobius torrentium is one of four native European crayfish species inhabiting Croatian freshwaters. Existence of eight divergent monophyletic mtDNA phylogroups was described within A. torrentium; six of them are distributed in Croatia, with the highest genetic diversity established in its northern-central Dinaric region. Recent small-scale study of the stone crayfish morphological variability indicated significant differences among different phylogroups. In the present study larger sample size, covering populations from five phylogroups, was analysed with the aim of determining whether there are morphological characteristics that reliably separate stone crayfish from different phylogroups. Aiming this, 245 stone crayfish were analysed through traditional (TM) and, for the first time, geometric morphometric (GM) analyses. Multivariate discriminant analyses included 24 TM characteristics per crayfish, while GM comprised analyses of 22 landmarks on the dorsal side of cephalon. Both methods revealed congruent results, and significant differences among phylogroups in analysed features were obtained, with the cephalon shape contributing the most to crayfish discrimination. Research confirmed that both approaches, combined with statistical methods, are useful in distinguishing and separating crayfish phylogroups. Findings of present study are compatible with the previous molecular findings; stone crayfish present several distinct evolutionary lineages whose species status are currently undefined and require urgent clarification.
Auteurs du document :
Leona Lovrenčić, Vjera Pavić, Stefan Majnarić, Lucija Abramović, Mišel Jelić, Ivana Maguire
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EDP Sciences
Mots clés :
Generalized Procrustes Analysis, landmark, multivariate discriminant analysis, semilandmark, Analyse procrustéenne généralisée, points de repère, analyse discriminante multivariée, marques de semi-marques
Thème (issu du Text Mining) :
FAUNE, SCIENCES EXACTES SCIENCES HUMAINES, MILIEU NATUREL
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