The origin and evolution of coral species richness in a marine biodiversity hotspot

The Coral Triangle (CT) region of the Indo-Pacific realm harbors an extraordinary number of species, with richness decreasing away from this biodiversity hotspot. Despite multiple competing hypotheses, the dynamics underlying this regional diversity pattern remain poorly understood. Here, we use a t...

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Vydáno v:Evolution Ročník 72; číslo 2; s. 288 - 302
Hlavní autoři: Huang, Danwei, Goldberg, Emma E., Chou, Loke Ming, Roy, Kaustuv
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: United States Wiley 01.02.2018
Oxford University Press
Témata:
Animals
Anthozoa
Biodiversity
Biodiversity hot spots
Biogeography
Biological Evolution
Central Indo‐Pacific
Coral reefs
Corals
diversity gradient
Endemism
Extinction, Biological
Harbors
Indonesia
macroevolution
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phylogenetics
Phylogeography
Range extension
Scleractinia
Speciation
Species diversity
Species extinction
Species richness
Indonesia
Biogeography
diversity gradient
macroevolution
phylogenetics
Scleractinia
Central Indo-Pacific
ISSN:0014-3820, 1558-5646, 1558-5646
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Shrnutí:The Coral Triangle (CT) region of the Indo-Pacific realm harbors an extraordinary number of species, with richness decreasing away from this biodiversity hotspot. Despite multiple competing hypotheses, the dynamics underlying this regional diversity pattern remain poorly understood. Here, we use a time-calibrated evolutionary tree of living reef coral species, their current geographic ranges, and model-based estimates of regional rates of speciation, extinction, and geographic range shifts to show that origination rates within the CT are lower than in surrounding regions, a result inconsistent with the long-standing center of origin hypothesis. Furthermore, endemism of coral species in the CT is low, and the CT endemics are older than relatives found outside this region. Overall, our model results suggest that the high diversity of reef corals in the CT is largely due to range expansions into this region of species that evolved elsewhere. These findings strongly support the notion that geographic range shifts play a critical role in generating species diversity gradients. They also show that preserving the processes that gave rise to the striking diversity of corals in the CT requires protecting not just reefs within the hotspot, but also those in the surrounding areas.
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This article corresponds to Pérez‐Escobar, O. A., S. Cass, and S. Dodsworth. 2018. Digest: Drivers of coral diversification in a major marine biodiversity hotspot. Evolution.
https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.13419
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ISSN:0014-3820
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1558-5646
DOI:10.1111/evo.13402