| Title: | A new obligate groundwater species of Asellus (Isopoda, Asellidae) from Iran |
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| Authors: | ID Malek-Hosseini, Mohammad Javad (Author)
ID Jugovic, Jure (Author)
ID Fatemi, Yaser (Author)
ID Kuntner, Matjaž (Author)
ID Kostanjšek, Rok (Author)
ID Douady, Christophe J. (Author)
ID Malard, Florian (Author) |
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| Language: | English |
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| Typology: | 1.01 - Original Scientific Article |
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| Organization: |  NIB - National Institute of Biology
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| Abstract: | With only 43 described stygobionts and only two isopod species the obligate groundwater fauna of Iran, a vast country with over 10% of limestone surface, is inadequately known. Here, we report the discovery of Asellus ismailsezarii sp. nov. from Zagros mountains, the first eyeless and depigmented asellid isopod from Iran. The new species is morphologically similar to Asellus monticola Birstein, 1932, but it is eyeless and fully depigmented, has a slightly curved pereopod IV and does not bear any setae on proximal margins of exopodite of pleopods IV and V. Species phylogenetic relationships using original and datamined mitochondrial DNA and nuclear rDNA, and estimation of molecular divergences with other Asellus species, suggest that A. ismailsezarii sp. nov. is sister to a larger clade that also contains the European A. aquaticus species complex. Surface populations of Asellus have colonized groundwater at multiple occasions and localities, both in Europe and Asia, giving rise to species and subspecies that have evolved troglomorphisms, such as depigmentation and loss of eyes. Of the 37 formally described species and subspecies of Asellus, 15 are from groundwater, including A. ismailsezarii sp. nov. We predict that many more obligate groundwater Asellus taxa are yet to be discovered in Asia. |
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| Keywords: | Asia, groundwater, molecular phylogeny, taxonomy, troglomorphy |
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| Publication status: | Published |
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| Publication version: | Version of Record |
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| Publication date: | 11.03.2022 |
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| Year of publishing: | 2022 |
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| Number of pages: | str. 97-124 |
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| Numbering: | Vol. 42 |
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| PID: | 20.500.12556/DiRROS-19311  |
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| UDC: | 592/599 |
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| ISSN on article: | 1768-1448 |
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| DOI: | 10.3897/subtbiol.42.79447 |
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| COBISS.SI-ID: | 101876483 |
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| Note: | Soavtorji: Jure Jugovic, Yaser Fatemi, Matjaž Kuntner, Rok Kostanjšek, Christophe J. Douady, Florian Malard;
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| Publication date in DiRROS: | 16.07.2024 |
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