1. Speciation in the deep : genomics and morphology reveal a new species of beaked whale Mesoplodon eueu
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Massimiliano Rosso, Emma L. Carroll, Mónica A. Silva, John Gatesy, Felix G. Marx, Merel L. Dalebout, Debbie Steel, Antonio A. Mignucci-Giannoni, Oscar E. Gaggiotti, Vidal Martín, Simon Berrow, Robin W. Baird, Anton L. van Helden, Emer Rogan, Aubrie B. Onoufriou, Catarina Eira, Phillip A. Morin, Morten Tange Olsen, Sascha Dreyer, G.J. Greg Hofmeyr, C. Scott Baker, Danielle Cholewiak, Cristel Reyes, Rochelle Constantine, Mark S. Springer, Diane Claridge, Sabine Hansen, Morgan L. McCarthy, Michael R. McGowen, James G. Mead, Nicholas J. Davison, Natacha Aguilar, R. Ewan Fordyce, University of St Andrews. School of Biology, University of St Andrews. Sea Mammal Research Unit, University of St Andrews. Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St Andrews. St Andrews Bioinformatics Unit, University of St Andrews. Marine Alliance for Science & Technology Scotland, School of Biological Sciences Te Kura Mātauranga Koiora, University of Auckland Waipapa Taumata Rau, Auckland 1010, Aotearoa New Zealand, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560, USA, Section for Evolutionary Genomics, GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 5, Copenhagen K DK-1353, Denmark, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand, Department of Geology, University of Otago, Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand, BIOECOMAC, Department of Animal Biology, Edaphology and Geology, University of La Laguna, San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, School of Biological, Earth, and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Kensington 2052, Australia, School of Biology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews KY16 8LB, UK, Cascadia Research Collective, 218 1/2 W. 4th Avenue, Olympia, WA 98501, USA, Hawai’i Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawai’i, Kaneohe, HI 96744, USA, Marine Mammal Institute and Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Oregon State University, Newport, OR 97365, USA, Irish Whale and Dolphin Group, Merchants Quay, Kilrush, Co Clare, Ireland, Marine and Freshwater Research Centre, Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, Dublin Road, Galway, Ireland, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 166 Waters Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA, Bahamas Marine Mammal Research Organisation (BMMRO), Sandy Point, Abaco, Bahamas, Scottish Marine Animal Stranding Scheme, Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK, Departamento de Biologia, CESAM and ECOMARE, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, Aveiro 3810-193, Portugal, Sociedade Portuguesa de Vida Selvagem, Estação de Campo de Quiaios, Rua das Matas nacionais, Figueira da Foz 3080-530, Portugal, Division of Vertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, USA, Port Elizabeth Museum at Bayworld, Gqeberha 6013, South Africa, Department of Zoology, Institute for Coastal and Marine Research, Nelson Mandela University, Gqeberha 6031, South Africa, Study of the Cetaceans in the Canary Archipelago (SECAC) Casa de Los Arroyo, Arrecife de Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain, Caribbean Manatee Conservation Center, Inter American University of Puerto Rico, 500 Carretera Dr John Will Harris, Bayamón 00957, Puerto Rico, Center for Conservation Medicine and Ecosystem Health, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, PO Box 334, Basseterre, St Kitts, This work was supported by ONR grants N000141613017 to E.L.C. and N.A. and N00014-18-1-2808 to C.S.B., funds from the NMNH Rebecca G. Mead and James G. Mead Marine Mammal royalsocietypublishing.org/journal/rspb Proc. R. Soc. B 288: 20211213 8 Downloaded from https://royalsocietypublishing.org/ on 28 October 2021 Endowment, NSF (USA) grant no. DEB-1457735 to M.S.S., P.A.M. and J.G., Brothers Hartmann Foundation grant no. AB28148 to M.T.O., NMFS, BOEM, and USA Navy funding to D.Ch. under the Atlantic Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species. M.L.M. was funded under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement no 801199, and E.L.C. by a Rutherford Discovery Fellowship from the Royal Society of New Zealand Te Apa¯ rangi. Irish Whale and Dolphin Group Cetacean Stranding scheme is part-funded by the National Parks and Wildlife Service.
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QH301 Biology ,Biodiversity ,Morphology (biology) ,Genomics ,True’s beaked whale ,Deep sea ,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ,Beaked whale ,taxonomy ,QH301 ,Marine and Freshwater Research Centre ,Genetic algorithm ,genomics ,True's beaked whale ,Animals ,Research Articles ,Phylogeny ,General Environmental Science ,biodiversity ,Taxonomy ,Cell Nucleus ,General Immunology and Microbiology ,biology ,Ecology ,Mesoplodon mirus ,Whales ,DAS ,General Medicine ,taxonomy and systematics ,Mesoplodon eueu ,biology.organism_classification ,Taxonomy (biology) ,Ramari’s beaked whale ,ecology ,General Agricultural and Biological Sciences ,Ramari's beaked whale - Abstract
This work was supported by ONR grants N000141613017 to E.L.C. and N.A. and N00014-18-1-2808 to C.S.B.; funds from the NMNH Rebecca G. Mead and James G. Mead Marine Mammal Endowment, NSF (USA) grant no. DEB-1457735 to M.S.S., P.A.M. and J.G.; Brothers Hartmann Foundation grant no. AB28148 to M.T.O.; NMFS, BOEM, and USA Navy funding to D.Ch. under the Atlantic Marine Assessment Program for Protected Species. M.L.M. was funded under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement no 801199; E.L.C. by a Rutherford Discovery Fellowship from the Royal Society of New Zealand Te Apārangi. Irish Whale and Dolphin Group Cetacean Stranding scheme is part-funded by the National Parks and Wildlife Service. The deep sea has been described as the last major ecological frontier, as much of its biodiversity is yet to be discovered and described. Beaked whales (ziphiids) are among the most visible inhabitants of the deep sea, due to their large size and worldwide distribution, and their taxonomic diversity and much about their natural history remain poorly understood. We combine genomic and morphometric analyses to reveal a new Southern Hemisphere ziphiid species, Ramari's beaked whale, Mesoplodon eueu, whose name is linked to the Indigenous peoples of the lands from which the species holotype and paratypes were recovered. Mitogenome and ddRAD-derived phylogenies demonstrate reciprocally monophyletic divergence between M. eueu and True's beaked whale (M. mirus) from the North Atlantic, with which it was previously subsumed. Morphometric analyses of skulls also distinguish the two species. A time-calibrated mitogenome phylogeny and analysis of two nuclear genomes indicate divergence began circa 2 million years ago (Ma), with geneflow ceasing 0.35–0.55 Ma. This is an example of how deep sea biodiversity can be unravelled through increasing international collaboration and genome sequencing of archival specimens. Our consultation and involvement with Indigenous peoples offers a model for broadening the cultural scope of the scientific naming process. Publisher PDF
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