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Extreme levels of intra-specific divergence among Cape Peninsula populations of the Cape galaxias, Galaxias zebratus Castelnau 1861, reveals a possible species complex
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: Marcus Wishart Jane Hughes Barbara Stewart Dean ImpsonThe Cape galaxias, Galaxias zebratus, is part of the paleao-endemic fauna characteristic of the south-western Cape, South Africa, and is the only galaxiid found in continental Africa. A 284-bp fragment of the cytochrome b region of the mtDNA was sequenced... -
Evidence of deep genetic divergence between populations of an important recreational fishery species, Lichia amia L. 1758, around southern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: R Henriques --- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour, School of Biological Sciences, UK WM Potts --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa WHH Sauer --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa PW Shaw --- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBRS), UKLichia amia is an important coastal recreational fishery species with a cosmopolitan distribution in the eastern Atlantic. In southern Africa, it is distributed from southern Angola to northern KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. A recent biological survey revealed differences between Angolan... -
Deja vu? A second mytilid mussel, Semimytilus algosus, invades South Africa's west coast
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: K de Greef --- Department of Biological Sciences and Centre for Invasion Biology, South Africa C L Griffiths --- Department of Biological Sciences and Centre for Invasion Biology, South Africa Z Zeeman --- Department of Biological Sciences and Centre for Invasion Biology, South AfricaA second marine mussel is shown to have invaded South Africa's west coast. Molecular techniques, based on intraspecific gene sequence divergences, prove its identity as Semimytilus algosus, a member of the family Mytilidae, native to Chile. The identity of an... -
Genetic variation in three> Chersina angulata> (angulate tortoise) populations along the west coast of South Africa>
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Mosa G.A. Lesia --- Department of Zoology, South Africa Margaretha D. Hofmeyr --- Department of Zoology, South Africa Maria E. D΄Amato --- Department of Zoology, South AfricaWe investigated genetic variation within and among three populations of Chersina angulata; two in the southwestern Cape (West Coast National Park and Dassen Island) of South Africa and Kleinzee in the northwestern parts of the species’ range. Mitochondrial DNA sequences... -
Genetic variability in the ocellated lizard Timon tangitanus in Morocco
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Ana Perera --- CIBIO UP, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal James D. Harris --- CIBIO UP, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, PortugalThe ocellated lizards in the Timon lepidus/tangitanus/pater complex include the largest lacertids living in continental Europe and North Africa. Long considered a single species (T. pater), the division of the North African ocellated lizards into two species, T. pater in... -
DNA barcoding for identification of cryptic species in the field and existing museum collections: a case study of Aethomys and Micaelamys (Rodentia: Muridae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Metlholo Andries Phukuntsi --- National Zoological Gardens of South Africa, South Africa Helene Brettschneider --- National Zoological Gardens of South Africa, South Africa Desiré L Dalton --- National Zoological Gardens of South Africa, South Africa Teresa Kearney --- Vertebrate Department, Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, South Africa Jacqueline Badenhorst --- Department of Biotechnology and Food Technology, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa Antoinette Kotze --- National Zoological Gardens of South Africa, South AfricaDNA barcoding has been proposed as a method for species identification. However, this method has been criticised for its over-reliance on a single mitochondrial gene. In this study, four mitochondrial gene regions and one nuclear gene region were used to... -
The invasive Asian green mussel Perna viridis in South Africa: all that is green is not viridis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: JM Micklem --- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa CL Griffiths --- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Biological Sciences, South Africa N Ntuli --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, South Africa M Mwale --- South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, South AfricaThe Asian green mussel Perna viridis is an invasive Indo-Pacific species recently reported from South African harbours. To verify the invasion, a phylogenetic (and morphological) analysis of green-shelled mussels (n = 39), found in six South African harbours, was conducted... -
Genetic diversity within two Tunisian wild jirds: Meriones shawi and Meriones libycus (Rodentia, Gerbillinae)
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Hanene Khemiri --- Laboratory of Animal Ecology, Department of Biology, Sciences Faculty of Tunis, Tunisia João Pimenta --- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Portugal António Amorim --- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Portugal Pascale Chevret --- Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive – UMR CNRS 5558, France Saïd Nouira --- Laboratory of Animal Ecology, Department of Biology, Sciences Faculty of Tunis, Tunisia Alexandra M Lopes --- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, PortugalThree Meriones species inhabit Tunisia, namely M. shawi, M. libycus and M. crassus, but little genetic data exist on these gerbils. We collected Meriones from eight localities in Tunisia, and obtained mitochondrial (cytochrome b) and nuclear (IRBP) gene sequence data... -
Significant genetic differentiation among meroplanktonic barrel jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa) in the Mediterranean Sea
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: AR Ben Faleh --- Marine Biology Unit, Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, Tunisia H Allaya --- Marine Biology Unit, Faculty of Sciences of Tunis, Tunisia A Armani --- FishLab, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Italy AAB Shahin --- Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, EgyptMolecular data have shown that jellyfishes are more geographically restricted and evolutionarily divergent than previously thought. We examined genetic variation and divergence within the meroplanktonic barrel jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo in the Mediterranean Sea; specific sampling areas were the northern Adriatic,... -
Nothobranchius cooperi (Teleostei: Cyprinodontiformes): a new species of annual killifish from the Luapula River drainage, northern Zambia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Aquatic Science • Authors: B Nagy --- 30, rue du Mont Ussy, France BR Watters --- 6141 Parkwood Drive, Canada PDW van der Merwe --- Department of Biochemistry, South Africa FPD Cotterill --- Department of Earth Sciences, South Africa DU Bellstedt --- Department of Biochemistry, South AfricaNothobranchius cooperi, Nagy, Watters and Bellstedt, new species, is described from seasonal streams and ephemeral pools associated with the upper Mansa River system in the middle Luapula drainage and systems draining into the low-lying area marginal to the southwestern part... -
Phylogeny of the Sepia officinalis species complex in the eastern Atlantic extends the known distribution of Sepia vermiculata across the Benguela upwelling region
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: AJE Healey --- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS), Aberystwyth University, Wales NJ McKeown --- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS), Aberystwyth University, Wales WM Potts --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa CL de Beer --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa W Sauer --- Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, South Africa PW Shaw --- Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS), Aberystwyth University, WalesAccurate species identification and biogeographic characterisation are fundamental for appropriate management of expanding cephalopod fisheries. This study addresses this topic within the common cuttlefish Sepia officinalis species complex (S. officinalis, S. hierredda and S. vermiculata), with an emphasis on occurrence... -
Ecology, conservation, and phylogenetic position of the Madagascar Jacana Actophilornis albinucha
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Josephine D’Urban Jackson --- Milner Centre for Evolution, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, United Kingdom Sama Zefania --- Institut d’Enseignement Supérieur de Menabe, Madagascar Sebastien Moehy --- Institut d’Enseignement Supérieur de Menabe, Madagascar Andrew J Bamford --- Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, United Kingdom Michael W Bruford --- Organisms and Environment Division, School of Biosciences, United Kingdom Tamás Székely --- Milner Centre for Evolution, Department of Biology and Biochemistry, United KingdomThe Madagascar Jacana Actophilornis albinucha (Jacanidae) is an endemic shorebird found in the threatened wetlands of western Madagascar. This species is presumed to exhibit classical polyandry; however, few data are available to support that assumption. More generally, a lack of... -
The influence of host dispersal on the gene flow and genetic diversity of generalist and specialist ectoparasites
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Conrad A Matthee --- , South AfricaThe dispersal and subsequent gene flow within parasite species is the result of a complex interaction between parasite life history, host life history and abiotic environmental factors. To gain more insights into the drivers responsible for parasite dispersal, COI mtDNA... -
High genetic diversity and limited spatial structure in an endangered, endemic South African sparid, the red steenbras Petrus rupestris
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: G Gouws --- , South Africa SE Kerwath --- , South Africa WM Potts --- , South Africa NC James --- , South Africa NG Vine --- , South Africa PD Cowley --- , South AfricaThe red steenbras Petrus rupestris is endemic to South Africa, occurring from False Bay in the Western Cape Province to St Lucia in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. This species, the largest member of the family Sparidae, has undergone a substantial... -
Strengthening the DNA barcode reference library for South African estuarine macrofauna
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: C Fagg --- , South Africa NL Phair --- , South Africa L Claassens --- , South Africa RSK Barnes --- , South Africa S von der Heyden --- , South AfricaSeagrass ecosystems face many anthropogenic pressures, yet globally there is a lack of knowledge of their associated biodiversity. Molecular barcoding can aid in biomonitoring efforts, but few South African invertebrates are accounted for. We provide 48 new sequences for 15... -
Description of a new cryptic species of African sand frog, Tomopterna damarensis (Anura: Ranidae), from Namibia
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: Abeda Dawood --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Alan Channing --- University of the Western Cape, South AfricaSand frogs of the African genus Tomopterna Duméril and Bibron, 1841 comprise seven described cryptic species. In this paper we describe a new species from Khorixas, north west Namibia. It is considered a distinct form based on the advertisement call,... -
Distribution of Bradypodion taeniabronchum (Smith 1831) and other dwarf chameleons in the eastern Cape Floristic Region of South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: The Journal of the Herpetological Association of Africa • Authors: KrystalA. Tolley --- University of Stellenbosch, South Africa Marius Burger --- University of the Western Cape, South AfricaThe evolutionary relationships and taxonomic status of dwarf chameleons in the eastern Cape Floristic Region is not well understood. Through a combination of field observations and mito‐chondrial DNA sequencing (ND2 and 16S), it has become apparent that morphological and genetic... -
Phylogenetic position of the southern rock lizard Australolacerta australis within the Lacertidae radiation
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Daniele Salvi --- CIBIO, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal Pierluigi Bombi --- SPACEnvironment, Italy Leonardo Vignoli --- Roma Tre University, ItalyThe southern rock lizard Australolacerta australis is a rock-dwelling lizard endemic to South Africa. The phylogenetic relationships of this species with other lacertid lizards are still not clear and have never been assessed in any phylogeny of Lacertidae using DNA... -
Genetic variability and relationships within the skinks Eumeces algeriensis and Eumeces schneideri using mitochondrial markers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Ana Perera --- Campus Agrário de Vairão, Portugal Filipa Sampaio --- Campus Agrário de Vairão, Portugal Sara Costa --- Campus Agrário de Vairão, Portugal Daniele Salvi --- Campus Agrário de Vairão, Portugal D. James Harris --- Campus Agrário de Vairão, PortugalThe skinks Eumeces algeriensis and Eumeces schneideri are two of the most widespread species of the E. schneideri group. Despite this, data on their intra-specific variation are limited. In this study we analyse the genetic variability of these two species... -
Assessment of genetic and morphological differentiation among populations of the Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Ostrich: Journal of African Ornithology • Authors: Rae M Smith --- South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), South Africa Desiré L Dalton --- South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), South Africa Monica Mwale --- South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), South Africa Lisa J Nupen --- South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), South Africa Chantelle Pretorius --- South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), South Africa Jamie Bojko --- Teesside University, United Kingdom Kim Labuschagne --- South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), South Africa Isa-Rita M Russo --- Cardiff University, United Kingdom Samuel T Osinubi --- FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, University of Cape Town, South AfricaThe Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius is an African species widely distributed south of the Sahara, which migrates seasonally between breeding and nonbreeding sites. It is currently unknown whether the species consists of a single panmictic population or if it is... -
Lumbrineris magalhaensis Kinberg, 1865 (Annelida: Lumbrineridae) revealed as two indigenous species in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Adri van Niekerk --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Jyothi Kara --- Iziko South African Museum, South Africa Arturo Alvarez-Aguilar --- Stellenbosch University, South Africa Carol A Simon --- Stellenbosch University, South AfricaLumbrineris magalhaensis Kinberg, 1865 (Annelida: Lumbrineridae) is a marine polychaete worm that was first described from the Magellan Strait, Chile; thereafter it was also reported in sub-Antarctic, temperate and tropical regions, where it was likely misidentified. In South African waters,... -
Influence of the Benguela Upwelling System on the genetic connectivity of blacktail seabream Diplodus capensis across southern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: WF Olivier --- Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, South Africa WM Potts --- Rhodes University, South Africa A-R Childs --- Rhodes University, South Africa C Santos --- Agostinho Neto University, Angola PW Shaw --- Aberystwyth University, R Henriques --- Genetics and Microbiology, University of Pretoria, South AfricaOceanographic features such as upwelling cells and currents contribute to shaping the evolutionary history of marine fishes, including species that may be important socio-economic resources. However, the impacts of these barriers are often cryptic and may change, particularly in a...