Abstract
Populations of harpacticoid copepods belonging to the family Phyllognathopodidae found on most continents are usually assignable to the taxon of Phyllognathopus viguieri, as it is presently diagnosed, on the basis of their morphological characters. This taxon has been considered as ‘cosmopolitan’ since the unifying revision of Lang in 1948. Here we reveal that Phyllognathopus viguieri is not a single biological species. Cross-breeding experiments with individuals from five different populations of Phyllognathopus viguieri obtained from Germany, Maryland and Florida in the USA, Jamaica, and Brazil indicated that two of these mutually distant populations were reproductively isolated from each other but crossed easily with others, whereas the other populations did not interbreed, with the exception of the two populations from the USA. From these results we conclude that Phyllognathopus viguieri is not a single cosmopolitan biological species. The high proportion of mutually non-reproducing populations identified in the five populations examined in this study indicate that further analysis of the micromorphology and genetic composition of populations over the entire putative range of Phyllognathopus viguieri will be necessary to clarify their interrelationships.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
M. H. Barclay (1969) ArticleTitleFirst records and a new species of Phyllognathopus (Copepoda, Harpacticoida) in New Zealand New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 3 296–303 Occurrence Handle10.1080/00288330.1969.9515298
B. Bozic (1965) ArticleTitleUn nouveau Phyllognathopus (Copépode, Harpacticoide) du Gabon Revue d’Écologie et Biologie du Sol 2 271–275
B. Bozic (1966) ArticleTitleDescription du mâle de Phyllognathopus camptoides, Bozic et d’une forme récoltée à Gif; essais d’hybridation et remarques sur les Phyllognathopodidae (Copépodes, Harpacticoides) Revue d’Écologie et Biologie du Sol 3 31–40
B. Bozic (1968) ArticleTitleCopépodes Harpacticoides de la Réunion IV Phyllognathopus paracamptoides n. sp. Bulletin du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris 40 779–783
M. C. Bruno V. Cottarelli (1999) ArticleTitleHarpacticoids from groundwaters in the Philippines: Parastenocaris mangyans, new species, Epactophanes philippinus, new species, and redescription of Phyllognathopus bassoti (Copepoda) Journal of crustacean Biology 19 510–529 Occurrence Handle10.2307/1549260
P. A. Chappuis (1914) ArticleTitleÜber das Excretionsorgan von Phyllognathopus viguieri Zoologischer Anzeiger 44 568–572
P. A. Chappuis (1924) ArticleTitleSur quelques Harpacticides de la Nouvelle Guinée et de Patagonie Bulletin de la Société des Sciences de Cluj 2 96–103
P. A. Chappuis (1928) ArticleTitleTableaux dichotomiques des genres et espèces d’Harpacticoides des eaux douces d’Europe et remarques critiques sur deux travaux parus en 1927 Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 67 114–128
P. A. Chappuis (1931) Copepoda Harpacticoida der deutschen limnologischen Sunda-Expedition Archiv für Hydrobiologie Supplement Band VIII Tropische Binnengewässer 512–584
P. A. Chappuis (1936) ArticleTitleBrasilianische Ruderfusskrebse (Crustacea Copepoda), gesammelt von Herrn Dr Otto Schubert IV. Mitteilung Bulletin de la Société des Sciences de Cluj 8 450–461
P. A. Chappuis (1940) ArticleTitleX Copépodes Harpacticoides. In Croisière du Bougainville aux Iles Australes françaises Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, Nouvelle Série 14 297–306
Damian-Georgescu, A., 1970. Fauna Republicii Socialiste Romania, Crustacea, Copepoda, Harpacticoida, IV, 11. Academiei Republicii socialiste Romania, 248 pp.
D. Defaye A. Heymer (1996) ArticleTitleCrustacés copépodes de litière de la forêt ombrophile du Kivu (Zaire) Bulletin du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, 4e Série 18 185–209
Th. Delachaux (1924) ArticleTitleZur Kenntnis der Copepodenfauna von Surinam Zoologischer Anzeiger 59 1–16
H. Dumont S. Maas (1988) ArticleTitleFive new species of leaf litter harpacticoids (Crustacea, Copepoda) from Nepal Zoologica Scripta 17 55–68 Occurrence Handle10.1111/j.1463-6409.1988.tb00086.x
B. H. Dussart (1982) ArticleTitleFaune de Madagascar–Crustacés copépodes des eaux intérieures O.R.S.T.O.M., Paris–C.N.R.S. 58 3–146
B. H. Dussart (1984) ArticleTitleSur quelques crustacés copépodes de Nouvelle-Calédonie Revue d’Hydrobiologie tropicale 17 IssueID4 301–308
U. Einsle (1977) ArticleTitleLa faune terrestre de lîle de Sainte-Hélène Copepoda Zoologische Wetenschappen 8 452–456
U. Franke (1989) ArticleTitleKatalog zur Sammlung limnischer Cope-poden von Prof Dr. Friedrich Kiefer. Carolinea, Beiheft 5, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Karlsruhe 1–433
Evenhuis, N. L. & D. J. Preston, 1995. New records of copepods (Copepoda) from Oahu, Hawaii. Bishop Museum Occasional Papers 42, Records of the Hawaii Biological Survey for 1994, 2: 52–53.
H. H. Ganz R. S. Burton (1995) ArticleTitleGenetic differentiation and reproductive incompatibility among Baja California populations of the copepod Tigriopus californicus Marine Biology 123 821–827 Occurrence Handle10.1007/BF00349126
Gurney, R., 1928. Some Copepoda from Tanganyika collected by Mr. S.R. Pask. Proceedings of the zoological Society of London 22: 317–332.
R. Gurney (1932) British Freshwater Copepoda, II Ray Society London 336
R. Huys (1988) ArticleTitleA redescription of the presumed associated Caligopsyllus primus Kunz 1975 (Harpacticoida, Paramesochridae) with emphasis on its phylogenetic affinity with Apodopsyllus Kunz, 1962 Hydrobiologia 162 3–19 Occurrence Handle10.1007/BF00014330
H. Jakobi (1970) ArticleTitleÜber das Vorkommen von Phyllognathopus viguieri (Maupas) im Grundwasser von Curitiba (Brasilien) Zoologischer Anzeiger 184 IssueID3/4 211–217
W. Janetzky (1997) Mechanismen der Aufrechterhaltung tropischer Diversität: Phytotelmata als Modellsysteme. Dissertation Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg 149
W. Janetzky P. Martínez Arbizu J. W. Reid (1996) ArticleTitleAttheyella (Canthosella) mervini sp n. (Canthocamptidae, Harpacticoida) from Jamaican bromeliads Hydrobiologia 339 123–135 Occurrence Handle10.1007/BF00008920
F. Kiefer (1960) ArticleTitleNotizen zur Copepodenfauna Nordwestdeutschlands Abhandlungen des naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins zu Bremen 35 438–449
F. Kiefer (1967) ArticleTitleNeue Copepoda Harpacticoida aus dem Amazonas-Gebiet Crustaceana 13 114–122 Occurrence Handle10.1163/156854067X00134
Y. Kikuchi (1994) ArticleTitleThe occurrence of a terrestrial harpacticoid copepod, Phyllognathopus viguieri (Maupas, 1892) from Agrihan Island, the northern Mariana Islands, Micronesia Natural History Research, special Issue 1 257
S. Krishnaswamy (1957) ArticleTitleOn the harpacticoid copepod Phyllognathopus viguieri (Maupas) Journal, Bombay natural History Society 54 793–795
M. Laird (1956) ArticleTitleStudies of mosquitoes and freshwater ecology in the South Pacific Bulletin of the royal Society of New Zealand 6 1–213
K. Lang (1948) Monographie der Harpacticiden. 1+2 Otto Koeltz Science Publishers Koenigstein, Germany
C. E. Lee (2000) ArticleTitleGlobal phylogeography of a cryptic copepod species complex and reproductive isolation between genetically proximate ‘populations’ Evolution 54 2014–2027 Occurrence Handle11209778 Occurrence Handle10.1111/j.0014-3820.2000.tb01245.x Occurrence Handle1:STN:280:DC%2BD3M3jt1Kitw%3D%3D
P. S. Lehman J. W. Reid (1993) ArticleTitlePhyllognathopus viguieri (Crustacea: Harpacticoida), a predaceous copepod of phytoparasitic, entomopathogenic, and free-living nematodes Soil and Crop Science Society of Florida, Proceedings 52 78–82
M. Maupas (1892) ArticleTitleSur le Belisarius viguieri, nouveau copépode d’eau douce C. R. Académie Sciences, Paris 115 135–137
E Mayr (1942) Systematics and the Origin of Species Columbia University Press New York 334
E Mayr (1969) Principles of Systematic Zoology McGraw-Hill Book Co. New York 428
Y. Miura (1964) ArticleTitleSubterranean harpacticoid copepods from a driven well in Japan Japanese Journal of Zoology 14 133–141
J. W. Reid (1992) ArticleTitleCopepoda (Crustacea) from fresh water of the Florida Everglades, USA, with a description of Eucyclops conrowae n. sp. Transactions of the American microscopical Society 111 229–254 Occurrence Handle10.2307/3226612
J. W. Reid (1993) ArticleTitleThe harpacticoid and cyclopoid copepod fauna in the cerrado region of central Brazil 1. Species composition, habitats, and zoogeography Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia 6 56–68
JW Reid (1997/98) ArticleTitleHow ‘cosmopolitan’ are the continental cyclopoid copepods? Comparison of the North American and Eurasian faunas, with the description of Acanthocyclops parasensitivus sp. n. (Copepoda: Cyclopoida) from the USA Zoologischer Anzeiger 236 109–118
J. W. Reid (2001) ArticleTitleA human challenge: discovering and understanding continental copepod habitats Hydrobiologia 453/454 201–226 Occurrence Handle10.1023/A:1013148808110
J. W. Reid W. Janetzky (1996) ArticleTitleColonization of Jamaican bromeliads by Tropocyclops jamaicensis n sp. (Crustacea: Copepoda: Cyclopoida) Invertebrate Biology 115 305–320 Occurrence Handle10.2307/3227020
J. W. Reid R. M. Pinto-Coelho (1994) ArticleTitleAn Afro-Asian continental copepod, Mesocyclops ogunnus, found in Brazil; with a new key to the species of Mesocyclops in South America and a review of intercontinental introductions of copepods Limnologica 24 359–368
R. Rouch (1972) ArticleTitleDeux harpacticides nouveaux de l’ile de Long-Island (Territoire de Papouasie et de Nouvelle-Guinée) Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale 113 147–164
D. J. Scourfield (1904) ArticleTitleSynopsis of the known species of British fresh-water Entomostraca Part III. Ostracoda Phyllopoda, and Branchiura Journal of the Quekett microscopical Club, London 2 9 29–45
ChJ Shen (1979) Fauna Sinica, Crustacea, Freshwater Copepoda Science Press Beijing 450
Thienemann, A., 1934. Die Tierwelt der tropischen Pflanzengewässer. Archiv für Hydrobiologie Supplement 13: 1–91 + 5 pls.
J.W Wägele (2001) Grundlagen der phylogenetischen Systematik Dr Friedrich Pfeil Munich 320
R. L. Watkins D. Belk (1975) ArticleTitleThe Copepoda of Guam Crustaceana 28 302–304
H. C. Yeatman (1983) ArticleTitleCopepods from microhabitats in Fiji, Western Samoa, and Tonga Micronesia 19 57–90
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Glatzel, T., Königshoff, D. Cross-breeding experiments among different populations of the ‘cosmopolitan’ species Phyllognathopus viguieri (Copepoda: Harpacticoida). Hydrobiologia 534, 141–149 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-004-1450-9
Received:
Revised:
Accepted:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-004-1450-9