- Title
- A comparison of genetic structure in two low-dispersal crabs from the Wild Coast, South Africa
- Creator
- Qhaji, Y, Jansen van Vuuren, Bettine, Papadopoulos, Isabelle, McQuaid, Christopher D, Teske, Peter R
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2015
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/444770
- Identifier
- vital:74297
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.2989/1814232X.2015.1077474
- Description
- The Wild Coast in south-eastern South Africa is strongly influenced by the warm, southward-flowing Agulhas Current. This current has a significant impact on dispersal in the coastal biota of the region, and facilitates high levels of connectivity among populations. However, it is not known how the region's high-velocity hydrology affects genetic population structure in endemic estuarine species, populations of which are frequently isolated from the sea. Here, we compared genetic structure in two estuarine crabs of the family Hymenosomatidae. Both are presumed to have low dispersal potential, but they differ in terms of their life histories. Hymenosoma longicrure has abbreviated larval development and can complete its entire life cycle within estuaries, whereas Neorhynchoplax bovis is a direct developer that lacks planktonic larvae.
- Format
- 7 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- African Journal of Marine Science, Qhaji, Y., van Vuuren, B.J., Papadopoulos, I., McQuaid, C.D. and Teske, P.R., 2015. A comparison of genetic structure in two low-dispersal crabs from the Wild Coast, South Africa. African Journal of Marine Science, 37(3), pp.345-351, African Journal of Marine Science volume 37 number 3 345 351 2015 1814-2338
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McQuaid, Christopher D (Distinguished Professor)
RU DST/NRF SARChI for Marine Ecosystems and Resources
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