Genetic population structure of four hydrothermal vent shrimp species (Alvinocarididae) in the Okinawa Trough, Northwest Pacific

MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsTheme Sections MEPS 529:159-169 (2015) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11267 Genetic population structure of four hydrothermal vent shrimp species (Alvinocarididae) in the Okinawa Trough, Northwest Pacific Takuya Yahagi1,2,*, Hiromi Watanabe3, Jun-ichiro Ishibashi4, Shigeaki Kojima1,2 1Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8564, Japan 2Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8561, Japan 3Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 237-0061, Japan 4Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan *Corresponding author: t-yahagi@nenv.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp ABSTRACT: Understanding the formative factors of connectivity among deep-sea chemosynthetic communities may clarify the biogeographic mechanisms that facilitate the establishment and development of vent/seep fauna. This study identified interspecific differences in the geographical distribution and genetic population structure of 4 alvinocaridid shrimp species inhabiting hydrothermal vents in the Okinawa Trough, Northwest Pacific. Shinkaicaris leurokolos populations were widely distributed at 580 to 1651 m depth, with partial nucleotide sequences of the mitochondrial COI gene revealing extremely high genetic diversity (haplotype diversity: 0.98 to 1.00). In contrast, local populations of Alvinocaris dissimilis and A. longirostris, both of which have narrower bathymetric distributions, were characterised by low haplotype diversity (0.29 to 0.52). In the Okinawa Trough, Alvinocaris sp. only occurs at the Irabu Knoll, but this species also inhabits the Suiyo Seamount on the volcanic front of the Izu-Bonin Arc (Northwest Pacific). This undescribed species had relatively high haplotype diversity (0.70 to 0.82), with no genetic differentiation between the 2 sites. Certain factors may allow this species to occur at both sites (e.g. a chemical environment derived from similar substratum), despite geological differences in hydrothermal circulation (i.e. a back-arc basin versus an arc volcanic front, respectively). The findings of this study indicate that (1) the wide geographical and bathymetrical distributional ranges of the vent shrimp species cause high genetic diversity associated with stable population connectivity and (2) certain environmental features (e.g. depth and substratum) and life-history traits (e.g. feeding habitat and larval characteristics) represent important formative factors in the connectivity of alvinocaridids in the Northwest Pacific. KEY WORDS: Alvinocaridid shrimp · Biogeography · Connectivity · Genetic diversity Full text in pdf format PreviousNextCite this article as: Yahagi T, Watanabe H, Ishibashi Ji, Kojima S (2015) Genetic population structure of four hydrothermal vent shrimp species (Alvinocarididae) in the Okinawa Trough, Northwest Pacific. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 529:159-169. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11267 Export citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in MEPS Vol. 529. Online publication date: June 08, 2015 Print ISSN: 0171-8630; Online ISSN: 1616-1599 Copyright © 2015 Inter-Research.