Espécies marinhas de Cabo Verde (BIOTECMAR)

Autores: Cristina Fernández-Gil, Arturo Boyra, José Antonio González, Alberto Brito, Pedro López, Elena Abella, Rui Freitas, Fernando Tuya, Fernando Espino, Jesús Ortea, Leopoldo Moro, Jorge Núñez, Alonso Ramos-Esplà, Estíbaliz Berecibar, Corrine Almeida, Evandro Lopes y Nieves González. Coordinación editorial Nieves González, José Antonio González y Cristina Fernández-Gil

Phylogeography of a marine insular endemic in the Atlantic Macaronesia : the Azorean barnacle, Megabalanus azoricus (Pilsbry,1916)

[EN]The Azorean barnacle, Megabalanus azoricus (Pilsbry, 1916), is a Macaronesian endemic whose obscure taxonomy and the unknown relationships among forms inhabiting isolated Northern Atlantic oceanic islands is investigated by means of molecular analysis herein. Mitochondrial data from the 16S rRNA and COX1 genes support its current species status, tropical ancestry, and the taxonomic homogeneity throughout its distribution range. In contrast, at the intraspecific level and based on control region sequences, we detected an overall low level of genetic diversity and three divergent lineages. The haplogroups α and γ were sampled in the Azores, Madeira, Canary, and Cabo Verde archipelagos; whereas haplogroup β was absent from Cabo Verde