Taxonomic insights and evolutionary history in East Asian terrestrial slugs of the genus Meghimatium
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F23%3A00131480" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/23:00131480 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107730" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107730</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107730" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107730</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Taxonomic insights and evolutionary history in East Asian terrestrial slugs of the genus Meghimatium
Original language description
East Asia, specifically the Japanese Archipelago, is a biodiversity hotspot of both vertebrates and invertebrates. Mollusks represent a burst of species diversity in this region due to the effects of biotic and abiotic factors on their morphological traits, such as shell shape and size. However, the evolutionary history of terrestrial slugs in East Asia remains unknown. In the present study, we investigated the molecular phylogeny of terrestrial slugs of the genus Meghimatium. This genus includes three described and eight undescribed species, and our study used all except for two. Based on phylogeny and the species delimitation tests, the genus Meghimatium was split into many putative species, suggesting higher species diversity than previously thought based on morphological and anatomical studies and that almost undescribed species may be inappropriate. Therefore, morphological traits, such as body size and colour, conventionally considered for classification may easily vary or be similar across geographic region. Moreover, the divergence time of this genus is almost concordant with the geographical time scale of the formation of the Japanese mainland. Our findings suggest that molecular phylogenetics helps classify Japanese Meghimatium slugs, but comprehensive taxonomic revisions using multi-locus analyses are needed.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10600 - Biological sciences
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
ISSN
1055-7903
e-ISSN
1095-9513
Volume of the periodical
182
Issue of the periodical within the volume
May
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
1-12
UT code for WoS article
000952422100001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85149072856