Historical biogeography of smoothhound sharks (genus Mustelus) of Southern Africa reveals multiple dispersal events from the Northern Hemisphere

• Published in: Systematics and biodiversity Vol. 18; no. 7; pp. 633 - 645
• Main Authors: Maduna, Simo N., Hull, Kelvin L., Farrell, Edward D., Boomer, Jessica J., Veríssimo, Ana, Marino, Ilaria A. M., Mazzoldi, Carlotta, Zane, Lorenzo, Wintner, Sabine P., Chesalin, Mikhail V., da Silva, Charlene, Gubili, Chrysoula, Mariani, Stefano, Bester-Van Der Merwe, Aletta E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Taylor & Francis 17.07.2020; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: acharacter state; Ancestral areas; Biodiversity; Biogeography; Dispersal; Dispersion; Distribution patterns; elasmobranch; Endemism; long-distance dispersal; Miocene; Mitochondria; Mustelus; NADH; Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide; Northern Hemisphere; Ocean basins; Oceans; Phylogeny; Placement; Placenta; placental; Pleistocene; Sharks; Southern Hemisphere; speciation; Species; systematicsplacental; Northern Hemisphere; South Africa

Members of the smoothhound shark genus Mustelus display a widespread distribution pattern across ocean basins with a high degree of sub-regional endemism. The patterns and processes that resulted in smoothhound biodiversity and present-day distribution remain largely unknown. We infer the phylogenet...