FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI A thirteen-million-year divergence between two lineages of Indonesian coelacanths BT Sugeha, Hagi Yulia Pouyaud, Laurent Hocdé, Régis Hismayasari, Intanurfemi B. Gunaisah, Endang Widiarto, Santoso B. Arafat, Gulam Widyasari, Ferliana Mouillot, David Paradis, Emmanuel AS 1:1,2;2:3;3:4;4:5;5:1;6:1;7:6;8:6;9:6;10:5;11:4; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:;10:;11:; C1 Politeknik Kelautan dan Perikanan Sorong, KKD BP. SR SGK, Jl. Kapitan Pattimura, Tanjung Kasuari, Kota Sorong, 98401, Papua Barat, Indonesia Sekolah Tinggi Perikanan, KKD Pengelolaan Sumberdaya Perairan. SR BE, Jl. AUP, Pasar Minggu, Jakarta, 12520, Indonesia Research Center for Oceanography, Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Jl. Pasir Putih 1, Ancol Timur, Jakarta, 14430, Indonesia ISEM, Univ Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France MARBEC, Univ Montpellier, IRD, Ifremer, CNRS, Montpellier, France Loka Pengelolaan Sumberdaya Pesisir dan Laut Sorong, Jl. KPR PDAM, Km. 10, Kota Sorong, 98416, Papua Barat, Indonesia C2 FISHERIES ACAD SORONG, INDONESIA SEKOLAH TINGGI PERIKANAN, INDONESIA INDONESIAN INST SCI, INDONESIA IRD, FRANCE IRD, FRANCE LOKA PSPL SORONG, INDONESIA UM MARBEC IN WOS Cotutelle UMR DOAJ copubli-france copubli-int-hors-europe copubli-sud IF 4.379 TC 11 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00603/71466/69921.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00603/71466/69922.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00603/71466/71953.pdf LA English DT Article AB Coelacanth fishes of the genus Latimeria are the only surviving representatives of a basal lineage of vertebrates that originated more than 400 million years ago. Yet, much remains to be unveiled about the diversity and evolutionary history of these ‘living fossils’ using new molecular data, including the possibility of ‘cryptic’ species or unknown lineages. Here, we report the discovery of a new specimen in eastern Indonesia allegedly belonging to the species L. menadoensis. Although this specimen was found about 750 km from the known geographical distribution of the species, we found that the molecular divergence between this specimen and others of L. menadoensis was great: 1.8% compared to 0.04% among individuals of L. chalumnae, the other living species of coelacanth. Molecular dating analyses suggested a divergence date of ca. 13 million years ago between the two populations of Indonesian coelacanths. We elaborate a biogeographical scenario to explain the observed genetic divergence of Indonesian coelacanth populations based on oceanic currents and the tectonic history of the region over Miocene to recent. We hypothesize that several populations of coelacanths are likely to live further east of the present capture location, with potentially a new species that remains to be described. Based on this, we call for an international effort to take appropriate measures to protect these fascinating but vulnerable vertebrates which represent among the longest branches on the Tree of Life. PY 2020 PD JAN SO Scientific Reports SN 2045-2322 PU Springer Science and Business Media LLC VL 10 IS 1 UT 000511157800002 DI 10.1038/s41598-019-57042-1 ID 71466 ER EF