The Genus Chaetogaster Baer, 1827 (Annelida, Clitellata) in Switzerland: A First Step toward Cataloguing Its Molecular Diversity and Description of New Species on a DNA Sequence Basis

The genus belongs to the subfamily Naidinae (Naididae); it includes mostly species of small size and is diverse and abundant in surface coarse sediments in streams. The aim of the present study is to initiate an inventory of lineages (=species) of in Switzerland. We used 135 specimens collected at 6...

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Published in:Biology (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2024-09, Vol.13 (9), p.693
Main Authors: Vivien, Régis, Lafont, Michel, Issartel, Colin, Ferrari, Benoît J D, Martin, Patrick
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
aquatic oligochaetes
Biological monitoring
Chaetogaster
Chaetogaster diaphanus
Chaetogaster diastrophus
Chaetogaster setosus
Creeks & streams
cryptic diversity
Cytochrome-c oxidase
Discovery and exploration
DNA
DNA sequencing
Ethanol
Genetic analysis
Genetic distance
genetic lineages
Identification keys
molecular systematics
Morphology
Naididae
Naidinae
New species
Nucleotide sequence
Nucleotide sequencing
Sediments
species delimitation
Streams
Surveys
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Summary:The genus belongs to the subfamily Naidinae (Naididae); it includes mostly species of small size and is diverse and abundant in surface coarse sediments in streams. The aim of the present study is to initiate an inventory of lineages (=species) of in Switzerland. We used 135 specimens collected at 6 sites in 4 streams of 4 cantons. We sequenced the cytochrome c oxidase (COI) gene from all specimens and ITS2 and rDNA 28S from all or several specimens of each lineage that was delimited using COI data, and preserved, for morphological identifications, the anterior part of almost all sequenced specimens. We were able to delimit, based on the calculation of genetic distances and analyses of single-locus data, one lineage for (Gruithuisen, 1828), three within (Gruithuisen, 1828), one for Brestcher, 1896, one for Svetlov, 1925, and three unidentified spp. Two lineages of spp. could correspond to a new morphological group, but this should be confirmed in more specimens. We proposed a new identification key of the nominal species and described the three lineages and two spp. as new species. The prospects of the present work are to complete the data of the molecular diversity of this genus in Switzerland and to describe the newly found species on a molecular/morphological basis.
ISSN:2079-7737
2079-7737
DOI:10.3390/biology13090693