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Phylogeography of the blue land crab, Cardisoma guanhumi (Decapoda: Gecarcinidae) along the Brazilian coast

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2008

José F. De Oliveira-Neto ,
Marcio R. Pie ,
Marcelo A. Chammas ,
Antonio Ostrensky  and
Walter A. Boeger
José F. De Oliveira-Neto
Affiliation:
Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil Grupo Integrado de Aqüicultura e Estudos Ambientais, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
Marcio R. Pie*
Affiliation:
Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil Grupo Integrado de Aqüicultura e Estudos Ambientais, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
Marcelo A. Chammas
Affiliation:
Grupo Integrado de Aqüicultura e Estudos Ambientais, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
Antonio Ostrensky
Affiliation:
Departamento de Zootecnia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil Grupo Integrado de Aqüicultura e Estudos Ambientais, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
Walter A. Boeger
Affiliation:
Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil Grupo Integrado de Aqüicultura e Estudos Ambientais, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Marcio R. Pie, Departamento de Zoologia, Caixa Postal 19073, Universidade Federal do Paraná. Curitiba, PR 81531–990, Brazil email: [email protected]
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Abstract

Several crab species are important fishery resources in Brazil and their overexploitation has lead to severe population declines in some regions. The management of populations of these species should take into account the degree of gene flow among populations in different estuaries. The goal of the present study is to assess the degree of geographical structure in the genetic diversity of the blue land crab, Cardisoma guanhumi, along the Brazilian coast. A fragment of the control region of the mtDNA (750 bp) was sequenced for 95 specimens collected across 5 Brazilian states. Analyses using F-statistics failed to indicate any evidence of geographical structure, a result that was corroborated by a nested clade analysis of the same dataset. Mismatch distribution analyses indicated that populations of the blue land crab have experienced an expansion during their recent evolutionary past. The obtained results are similar to those recently described for another sympatric crab, Ucides cordatus, particularly with respect to the extensive degree of gene flow. However, populations of C. guanhumi seem to be older than those of U. cordatus and do not show the north–south expansion found in that species.

Keywords

population geneticsd-loopmangroveestuaryguaiamum
Type
Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 88 , Issue 7 , November 2008 , pp. 1417 - 1423
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2008

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