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Knowl. Manag. Aquat. Ecosyst.
Number 426, 2025
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Article Number | 2 | |
Number of page(s) | 12 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/kmae/2024023 | |
Published online | 15 January 2025 |
Research Paper
Filling the gaps in the genetic diversity of Austropotamobius torrentium (Astacidae, Decapoda) from one of the few unexplored hot spots
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Department of Hydroecology and Water Protection, Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, 11108 Belgrade, Serbia
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Department of Genetic Research, Institute for Biological Research “Siniša Stanković”, National Institute of Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, 11108 Belgrade, Serbia
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Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Banja Luka, 78000, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Institute of Zoology, Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, 11060 Belgrade, Serbia
* Corresponding author: katarinas@ibiss.bg.ac.rs
a Katarina Zorić and Vanja Bugarski-Stanojević contributed equally to this work.
Received:
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September
2024
Accepted:
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December
2024
Recent molecular analyses of the stone crayfish have revealed a high degree of genetic diversity. The greatest diversity is found in the western Balkans (Dinarides), where more than half of the known phylogroups exist in a relatively small geographical area, some of them having smaller distribution range than the others. While the Croatian and Slovenian parts of the Austropotamobius torrentium areal are well described, data from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BA) are lacking. Here we provide data from 13 different localities in the northwestern parts of BA. We analysed two mtDNA markers and the results revealed high genetic diversity with a total of 12 MT-COI and nine MT-16SrRNA haplotypes, with the majority of novel haplotypes. Both genes confirmed the presence of two known phylogroups and the discovery of a new group named VOJ. The CSE phylogroup was the most widespread and restricted to the Vrbas basin. The first detection of the BAN phylogroup in BA indicates its wider distribution and connects previously isolated findings from Croatia. The discovery of 18 unique haplotypes as well as a new phylogroup is of particular interest, but further studies are needed to clarify their exact relationship to other lineages.
Key words: native crayfish / mtDNA / Vrbas drainage / Una drainage / Bosnia and Herzegovina
© K. Zorić et al., Published by EDP Sciences 2025
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