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High genetic connectivity among morphologically differentiated populations of the black sea urchin Arbacia lixula (Echinoidea: Arbacioida) across the central African Mediterranean coast

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The present study represents the first population structure analysis of the black sea urchin Arbacia lixula across part of its African Mediterranean distribution range, the Tunisian coast. This location is appropriate for the study of biogeographical processes given the presence of a well-known discontinuous biogeographic area (the Siculo-Tunisian Strait). Patterns of morphological and genetic variation in this highly dispersive echinoid species were assessed among its populations from the western and eastern Mediterranean coasts of Tunisia. A total of 109 specimens from six sites were collected and examined for morphometric variability in seven morphometric traits. Concordant results, inferred from CDA analyses, pairwise NPMANOVA comparisons and MDS plot, showed significant inter-population differences in the measured traits among the studied populations. In addition, UPGMA clustering and discriminant/Hotelling analysis enabled the delineation of two morphologically differentiated groups assigned to the western and eastern Mediterranean basins. SIMPER analysis showed that total dry weight and test diameter were major contributors to the morphometric separation between locations and among groups. Despite the extensive morphological variation found in A. lixula, genetic analysis of the mitochondrial COI marker recovered only a single evolutionary lineage and showed a lack of population structure as inferred from the results of one-level AMOVA and pairwise comparisons of genetic differentiation. Possible explanations for this genetic pattern are discussed. Notably, the lack of COI divergence patterns, highlighted by shallow genealogy associated with high haplotype diversity and low nucleotide diversity, together with a recent demographic expansion event retrieved from mismatch distribution and BSP analysis could be considered a residual effect of a recent evolutionary history of the species in the Mediterranean.

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Deli, T., Mohamed, A.B., Attia, M.H.B. et al. High genetic connectivity among morphologically differentiated populations of the black sea urchin Arbacia lixula (Echinoidea: Arbacioida) across the central African Mediterranean coast. Mar Biodiv 49, 603–620 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0832-y

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