TY - JOUR T1 - Contrasted phylogeographic patterns of hydrothermal vent gastropods along South West Pacific: Woodlark Basin, a possible contact zone and/or stepping-stone A1 - Poitrimol,Camille A1 - Thiébaut,Éric A1 - Daguin-Thiébaut,Claire A1 - Le Port,Anne-Sophie A1 - Ballenghien,Marion A1 - Tran Lu y,Adrien A1 - Jollivet,Didier A1 - Hourdez,Stéphane A1 - Matabos,Marjolaine AD - Adaptation et Diversite´ en Milieu Marin, Station Biologique de Roscoff, Sorbonne Universite , CNRS, Roscoff, France AD - Biologie et Ecologie des Ecosystèmes marins Profonds, Ifremer, CNRS, UBO, Plouzane , France AD - Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution de Montpellier, Universite Montpellier, CNRS, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France AD - Laboratoire d’Ecoge´ochimie des Environnements Benthiques, Observatoire Oceanologique de Banyuls, Sorbonne Universite , CNRS, Banyuls-sur-Mer, France UR - https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00796/90834/ DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0275638 N2 - Understanding drivers of biodiversity patterns is essential to evaluate the potential impact of deep-sea mining on ecosystems resilience. While the South West Pacific forms an independent biogeographic province for hydrothermal vent fauna, different degrees of connectivity among basins were previously reported for a variety of species depending on their ability to disperse. In this study, we compared phylogeographic patterns of several vent gastropods across South West Pacific back-arc basins and the newly-discovered La Scala site on the Woodlark Ridge by analysing their genetic divergence using a barcoding approach. We focused on six genera of vent gastropods widely distributed in the region: Lepetodrilus, Symmetromphalus, Lamellomphalus, Shinkailepas, Desbruyeresia and Provanna. A wide-range sampling was conducted at different vent fields across the Futuna Volcanic Arc, the Manus, Woodlark, North Fiji, and Lau Basins, during the CHUBACARC cruise in 2019. The Cox1-based genetic structure of geographic populations was examined for each taxon to delineate putative cryptic species and assess potential barriers or contact zones between basins. Results showed contrasted phylogeographic patterns among species, even between closely related species. While some species are widely distributed across basins (i.e. Shinkailepas tollmanni, Desbruyeresia melanioides and Lamellomphalus) without evidence of strong barriers to gene flow, others are restricted to one (i.e. Shinkailepas tufari complex of cryptic species, Desbruyeresia cancellata and D. costata). Other species showed intermediate patterns of isolation with different lineages separating the Manus Basin from the Lau/North Fiji Basins (i.e. Lepetodrilus schrolli, Provanna and Symmetromphalus spp.). Individuals from the Woodlark Basin were either endemic to this area (though possibly representing intermediate OTUs between the Manus Basin and the other eastern basins populations) or, coming into contact from these basins, highlighting the stepping-stone role of the Woodlark Basin in the dispersal of the South West Pacific vent fauna. Results are discussed according to the dispersal ability of species and the geological history of the South West Pacific. Y1 - 2022/10 PB - Public Library of Science (PLoS) JF - Plos One SN - 1932-6203 VL - 17 IS - 10 ID - 90834 ER -