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. 2016 Oct 5;4:e2549. doi: 10.7717/peerj.2549

Table 2. Overview of mtDNA diversity in other Littorinidae, various highly diverse planktonic-dispersers and hyperdiverse mollusc species.

Taxa are listed by decreasing value of haplotype diversity.

Species Larval development Sampling area N Locus L Hd π Reference
Other Littorinidae
Temperate species
Littorina saxatilis Mo d North Atlantic 453 ND1-tRNApro-ND6-Cytb 1,154 0.940 0.005 Doellman et al. (2011)
North Atlantic 778 Cytb 607 0.905 0.009 Panova et al. (2011)
Tectarius striatus Mo p (unknown) Macaronesia 109 COI-Cytb 993 0.934 0.006 Van den Broeck et al. (2008)
Littorina keenae Mo p (unknown) North Pacific 584 ND6-Cytb 762 0.815 0.003 Lee & Boulding (2007)
Littorina littorea Mo p (28–42 days) North Atlantic 488 COI 424 0.810 0.004 Calculated from data in Wares et al. (2002), Williams, Reid & Littlewood (2003), Williams & Reid (2004), Giribet et al. (2006), Blakeslee, Byers & Lesser (2008), Layton, Martel & Hebert (2014)
Littorina plena Mo p (64 days) NE Pacific 135 Cytb 414 0.775 0.006 Lee & Boulding (2009)
Littorina obtusata Mo d North Atlantic 46 COI 582 0.762 0.006 Calculated from data in Wares & Cunningham (2001)
NW Atlantic 31 COI 574 0.127 0.001 Calculated from data in Layton, Martel & Hebert (2014)
Bembicium vittatum Mo d Indian Ocean 40 12S 324 0.730 Kennington, Hevroy & Johnson (2012)
Austrolittorina unifasciata Mo p (4 weeks) Australia 102 COI 658 0.541 0.002 Calculated from data in Colgan et al. (2003), Williams, Reid & Littlewood (2003), Waters, Mcculloch & Eason (2007)
Littorina scutulata Mo p (37–70 days) NE Pacific 265 Cytb 414 0.389 0.003 Lee & Boulding (2009)
Littorina subrotundata Mo d NE Pacific 229 Cytb 414 0.297 0.001 Lee & Boulding (2009)
Austrolittorina antipodum Mo p (4 weeks) New Zealand 40 COI 658 0.146 0.001 Calculated from data in Williams, Reid & Littlewood (2003), Waters, Mcculloch & Eason (2007)
Littorina sitkana Mo d NE Pacific 146 Cytb 414 0.093 0.001 Lee & Boulding (2009)
Tropical species
Echinolittorina reticulata Mo p (3–4 weeks) Indo-Pacific 37 COI 1,251 1.000 0.009 Reid et al. (2006)
Echinolittorina vidua Mo p (3–4 weeks) Indo-Pacific 92 COI 1,217 0.996 0.041 Reid et al. (2006)
Echinolittorina trochoides C Mo p (3–4 weeks) Indo-Pacific 14 COI 1,251 0.989 0.006 Reid et al. (2006)
Littoraria coccinea glabrata Mo p (unknown) Indian Ocean 45 COI 451 0.954 0.006 Silva et al. (2013)
Echinolittorina trochoides A Mo p (3–4 weeks) Indo-Pacific 46 COI 1,251 0.943 0.009 Reid et al. (2006)
Echinolittorina trochoides B Mo p (3–4 weeks) Indo-Pacific 18 COI 1,251 0.935 0.004 Reid et al. (2006)
Bembicium nanum Mo p (weeks) Australia 54 COI 806 0.920 0.006 Ayre, Minchinton & Perrin (2009)
Echinolittorina trochoides E Mo p (3–4 weeks) Indo-Pacific 21 COI 1,251 0.900 0.003 Reid et al. (2006)
Echinolittorina trochoides D Mo p (3–4 weeks) Indo-Pacific 20 COI 1,251 0.884 0.003 Reid et al. (2006)
Cenchritis muricatus Mo p (4 weeks) Caribbean 77 COI 282 0.850 0.008 Díaz-Ferguson et al. (2012)
Echinolittorina ziczac Mo p (3–4 weeks) Caribbean Sea 31 COI 431 0.750 0.004 Díaz-Ferguson et al. (2012)
Echinolittorina lineolata Mo p (3–4 weeks) South Atlantic 496 COI 441 0.704 0.003 Calculated from Genbank data KJ857561KJ858054 and Williams & Reid (2004)
South Atlantic 442 Cytb 203 0.284 0.002 Calculated from Genbank data KM210838KM211279
Littoraria scabra Mo p (unknown) Indo- Pacific 50 COI 527 0.690 0.003 Silva et al. (2013)
Littoraria irrorata Mo p (4 weeks) NE Atlantic 238 COI 682 0.546 0.004 Calculated from data in Díaz-Ferguson et al. (2010), Robinson et al. (2010), Reid, Dyal & Williams (2010)
Other highly diverse planktonic-dispersing marine invertebrates
Glaucus atlanticus Mo p (lifelong) Worldwide 112 COI 658 0.996 0.014 calculated from data in Churchill, Alejandrino & Valdés (2013), Churchill, Valdés & Ó Foighil (2014), Wecker et al. (2015)
Pygospio elegans An p (4–5 weeks) North Sea 23 COI 600 0.996 0.014 Kesäniemi, Geuverink & Knott (2012)
Argopecten irradians concentricus Mo p (5–19 days) NW Atlantic 219 mtDNA 1,025 0.982 0.008 Marko & Barr (2007)
Brachidontes pharaonis Mo p (weeks) Mediterranean-Red Sea 34 COI 618 0.973 0.039 Terranova et al. (2007)
Ruditapes philippinarum Mo p (2–3 weeks) NW Pacific 170 COI 644 0.960 0.010 Mao et al. (2011)
Cellana sandwicensis Mo p (4 days) Hawaii 109 COI 612 0.960 0.006 Bird et al. (2007)
Holothuria nobilis Ec p (13–26 days) Indo-Pacific 360 COI 559 0.942 0.008 Uthicke & Benzie (2003)
Tridacna maxima Mo p (9 days) Indo-Pacific 211 COI 484 0.940 0.023 Nuryanto & Kochzius (2009))
Tridacna crocea Mo p (1 week) Indo-Malaysia 300 COI 456 0.930 0.015 Kochzius & Nuryanto (2008))
Pachygrapsus crassipes Ar p (95 days) NE Pacific 346 COI 710 0.923 0.009 Cassone & Boulding (2006)
Tripneustes gratilla Ec p (18 days) Indo-Pacific 83 COI 573 0.902 0.004 calculated from data in Lessios, Kane & Robertson (2003)
Holothuria polii Ec p (13–26 days) Mediterranean Sea 158 COI 484 0.873 0.005 Vergara-Chen et al. (2010)
Nacella magellanica Mo p (unknown) SW Atlantic 171 COI 573–650 0.868 0.004 Aranzamendi, Bastida & Gardenal (2011)
Bursa fijiensis Mo p (8 weeks) SW Pacific 59 COI 566 0.848 0.003 Castelin et al. (2012)
Acropora cervicornis Cn p (4 days) Caribbean 160 mtCR 941 0.847 0.006 Vollmer & Palumbi (2007)
Other hyperdiverse mollusc species
Pliocardia kuroshimana Mo p NW Pacific 3 mtDNA 513 1.000 0.256* James, Piganeau & Eyre-Walker (2016)
Bulinus forskalii Mo 12 mtDNA 339 1.000 0.167* James, Piganeau & Eyre-Walker (2016)
Pyrgulopsis intermedia Mo d 15 mtDNA 528 0.924 0.148* James, Piganeau & Eyre-Walker (2016)
Euhadra brandtii Mo n/a 14 mtDNA 558 0.989 0.098* James, Piganeau & Eyre-Walker (2016)
Biomphalaria glabrata Mo d 7 mtDNA 579 0.714 0.092* James, Piganeau & Eyre-Walker (2016)
Achatinella mustelina Mo n/a 69 mtDNA 675 0.992 0.078* James, Piganeau & Eyre-Walker (2016)
Quincuncina infucata Mo d 5 mtDNA 453 1.000 0.067* James, Piganeau & Eyre-Walker (2016)
Pyrgulopsis thompsoni Mo d 7 mtDNA 657 0.952 0.066* James, Piganeau & Eyre-Walker (2016)

Notes.

An
Annelida
Ar
Arthropoda
Cn
Cnidaria;
Ec
Echinodermata
Mo
Mollusca
d
direct larval development
p
planktonic larval development (pelagic larval duration given in parenthesis)
n/a
not applicable
N
number of individuals
L
locus length in base pairs
Hd
haplotype diversity
π
nucleotide diversity

missing data.

*

π calculated at synonymous sites only (πsyn).