Monsters in the dark: systematics and biogeography of the stygobitic genus Godzillius (Crustacea: Remipedia) from the Lucayan Archipelago
Remipedia is a stygobitic group commonly associated with coastal anchialine caves. This class consists of 12 genera, ten of which are found within the Lucayan Archipelago. Herein, we describe a new species within the genus Godzillius from Conch Sound Blue Hole, North Andros Island, Bahamas. Godzilli...
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| author | Lauren Ballou Thomas M. Iliffe Brian Kakuk Brett C. Gonzalez Karen J. Osborn Katrine Worsaae Kenneth Meland Kenneth Broad Heather Bracken-Grissom Jørgen Olesen |
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| description | Remipedia is a stygobitic group commonly associated with coastal anchialine caves. This class consists of 12 genera, ten of which are found within the Lucayan Archipelago. Herein, we describe a new species within the genus Godzillius from Conch Sound Blue Hole, North Andros Island, Bahamas. Godzillius louriei sp. nov. is the third known remipede observed from a subseafloor marine cave, and the first from the Godzilliidae. Remipedes dwell within notoriously difficult to access cave habitats and thus integrative and comprehensive systematic studies at family or genus level are often absent in the literature. In this study, all species of Godzillius are compared using morphological and molecular approaches. Specifically, the feeding appendages of G. louriei sp. nov., G. fuchsi Gonzalez, Singpiel & Schlagner, 2013 and G. robustus Schram, Yager & Emerson, 1986 were examined using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Species of Godzillius are identified based on the spines of maxilla 1 segment 4 and by the denticles on the lacinia mobilis of the left mandible. A molecular phylogeny using the mitochondrial 16S rRNA and nuclear histone 3 genes recovered G. louriei sp. nov. within the Godzillius clade and 16S genetic distances revealed a 13–15% difference between species of Godzillius. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5be8fb557afe4f93b6127c0266e2457d2022-12-21T21:10:45ZengConsortium of European Natural History MuseumsEuropean Journal of Taxonomy2118-97732021-06-01751110.5852/ejt.2021.751.1383Monsters in the dark: systematics and biogeography of the stygobitic genus Godzillius (Crustacea: Remipedia) from the Lucayan ArchipelagoLauren Ballou0Thomas M. Iliffe1Brian Kakuk2Brett C. Gonzalez3Karen J. Osborn4Katrine Worsaae5Kenneth Meland6Kenneth Broad7Heather Bracken-Grissom8Jørgen Olesen9Department of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University at Galveston, United StatesDepartment of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University at Galveston, United StatesBahamas Caves Research Foundation, Marsh Harbor, Abaco Island, the BahamasDepartment of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, United StatesDepartment of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, United StatesDepartment of Biology, University of Copenhagen, DenmarkDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, NorwayDepartment of Environmental Science and Policy, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science & Abess Center, University of Miami, United StatesInstitute of Environment and Department of Biology, Florida International University - Biscayne Bay Campus, United StatesNatural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, DenmarkRemipedia is a stygobitic group commonly associated with coastal anchialine caves. This class consists of 12 genera, ten of which are found within the Lucayan Archipelago. Herein, we describe a new species within the genus Godzillius from Conch Sound Blue Hole, North Andros Island, Bahamas. Godzillius louriei sp. nov. is the third known remipede observed from a subseafloor marine cave, and the first from the Godzilliidae. Remipedes dwell within notoriously difficult to access cave habitats and thus integrative and comprehensive systematic studies at family or genus level are often absent in the literature. In this study, all species of Godzillius are compared using morphological and molecular approaches. Specifically, the feeding appendages of G. louriei sp. nov., G. fuchsi Gonzalez, Singpiel & Schlagner, 2013 and G. robustus Schram, Yager & Emerson, 1986 were examined using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Species of Godzillius are identified based on the spines of maxilla 1 segment 4 and by the denticles on the lacinia mobilis of the left mandible. A molecular phylogeny using the mitochondrial 16S rRNA and nuclear histone 3 genes recovered G. louriei sp. nov. within the Godzillius clade and 16S genetic distances revealed a 13–15% difference between species of Godzillius.https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1383anchialinecavenew speciesphylogeny |
| spellingShingle | Lauren Ballou Thomas M. Iliffe Brian Kakuk Brett C. Gonzalez Karen J. Osborn Katrine Worsaae Kenneth Meland Kenneth Broad Heather Bracken-Grissom Jørgen Olesen Monsters in the dark: systematics and biogeography of the stygobitic genus Godzillius (Crustacea: Remipedia) from the Lucayan Archipelago European Journal of Taxonomy anchialine cave new species phylogeny |
| title | Monsters in the dark: systematics and biogeography of the stygobitic genus Godzillius (Crustacea: Remipedia) from the Lucayan Archipelago |
| title_full | Monsters in the dark: systematics and biogeography of the stygobitic genus Godzillius (Crustacea: Remipedia) from the Lucayan Archipelago |
| title_fullStr | Monsters in the dark: systematics and biogeography of the stygobitic genus Godzillius (Crustacea: Remipedia) from the Lucayan Archipelago |
| title_full_unstemmed | Monsters in the dark: systematics and biogeography of the stygobitic genus Godzillius (Crustacea: Remipedia) from the Lucayan Archipelago |
| title_short | Monsters in the dark: systematics and biogeography of the stygobitic genus Godzillius (Crustacea: Remipedia) from the Lucayan Archipelago |
| title_sort | monsters in the dark systematics and biogeography of the stygobitic genus godzillius crustacea remipedia from the lucayan archipelago |
| topic | anchialine cave new species phylogeny |
| url | https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/1383 |
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