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ArticlePloS one2015

The Evolution of Epigean and Stygobitic Species of Koonunga Sayce, 1907 (Syncarida: Anaspidacea) in Southern Australia, with the Description of Three New Species.

Remko Leijs, Tessa Bradford, James G Mitchell, William F Humphreys, Steven J B Cooper, Peter Goonan, Rachael A King

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Remko LeijsSchool of Biological Sciences, Flinders University of South Australia, Bedford Park, Adelaide, Australia; South Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, Australia; School of Biological Sciences and Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.
Tessa BradfordSchool of Biological Sciences, Flinders University of South Australia, Bedford Park, Adelaide, Australia.
James G MitchellSchool of Biological Sciences, Flinders University of South Australia, Bedford Park, Adelaide, Australia.
William F HumphreysSchool of Biological Sciences and Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia; Western Australian Museum, Welshpool, Australia and School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
Steven J B CooperSouth Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, Australia; School of Biological Sciences and Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.
Peter GoonanSouth Australian Environment Protection Authority, Adelaide, Australia.
Rachael A KingSouth Australian Museum, North Terrace, Adelaide, Australia; School of Biological Sciences and Australian Centre for Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Three new species of Koonunga were discovered in surface and subterranean waters in southern Australia, and were defined using mtDNA analyses and morphology. The new species are: Koonunga hornei Leijs & King; K. tatiaraensis Leijs & King and K. allambiensis Leijs & King. Molecular clock analyses indicate that the divergence times of the species are older than the landscape that they currently inhabit. Different scenarios explaining this apparent discrepancy are discussed in the context of the palaeography of the area. A freshwater epigean origin for Koonunga is considered the most likely hypothesis, whereby some lineages made the transition to the subterranean environment within the last few million years influenced by significant climatic cooling/drying. We discuss the possibility that one stygobitic lineage secondarily regained some of its body pigmentation as adaptation to increased photic conditions after cave collapse and forming of cenotes during the last glacial maximum.

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Evolution, MolecularAnimalsAustraliaCrustaceaEcosystemGeographyPhylogeny

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PMID26309115
PMCPMC4550344
OpenAlexW1907087188

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