A comparison of genetic structure in two low-dispersal crabs from the Wild Coast, South Africa

Qhaji, Y; Jansen van Vuuren, Bettine; Papadopoulos, Isabelle; McQuaid, Christopher D; Teske, Peter R

Title: A comparison of genetic structure in two low-dispersal crabs from the Wild Coast, South Africa
Creator: Qhaji, Y
Creator: Jansen van Vuuren, Bettine
Creator: Papadopoulos, Isabelle
Creator: McQuaid, Christopher D
Creator: Teske, Peter R
Subject: To be catalogued
Date Issued: 2015
Date: 2015
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/444770
Identifier: vital:74297
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2015.1077474
Description: The Wild Coast in south-eastern South Africa is strongly influenced by the warm, southward-flowing Agulhas Current. This current has a significant impact on dispersal in the coastal biota of the region, and facilitates high levels of connectivity among populations. However, it is not known how the region's high-velocity hydrology affects genetic population structure in endemic estuarine species, populations of which are frequently isolated from the sea. Here, we compared genetic structure in two estuarine crabs of the family Hymenosomatidae. Both are presumed to have low dispersal potential, but they differ in terms of their life histories. Hymenosoma longicrure has abbreviated larval development and can complete its entire life cycle within estuaries, whereas Neorhynchoplax bovis is a direct developer that lacks planktonic larvae.
Format: 7 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: African Journal of Marine Science
Relation: Qhaji, Y., van Vuuren, B.J., Papadopoulos, I., McQuaid, C.D. and Teske, P.R., 2015. A comparison of genetic structure in two low-dispersal crabs from the Wild Coast, South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 37(3), pp.345-351
Relation: African Journal of Marine Science volume 37 number 3 345 351 2015 1814-2338
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