Biometria da rádula e padrão dos fragmentos de restrição do DNA de espécies do gênero Phyllocaulis (mollusca : gatropoda : veronicellidae)

• Ano de defesa: 2001
• Autor(a) principal: Mansur, Georgina Gonçalves
• Orientador(a): Oliveira, Jarbas Rodrigues de
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul; Porto Alegre
• Palavras-chave em Português: ZOOLOGIA; BIOLOGIA; MOLUSCOS; GASTRÓPODES; VERONICELÍDEOS
• Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/10923/5313

The genus Phyllocaulis Colosi, 1922 has being differenciated into five species based on anatomical and morphological analysis: P. variegatus (Semper, 1885), P. tuberculosus (Martens, 1868), P. boraceiensis Thomé 1976, P. soleiformis (Orbigny, 1835) and P. gayi (Fischer, 1872). Using classification emphasis is given to the form of the penis, spathe and the penal and pedal glands. However such criteria have been proved to be insufficient for identification of more complex groups, where the differentiating characteristics are not evident. There are five forms of Phyllocaulis soleiformis, A, B, C, D and E, representing populations from distinct geographical regions. In this investigation the entire genus was studied using scanning electron microscope (SEM) to examine the mandible, lateral and rachidian teeth and the radula. This examination together with the application of statistical analysis permitted the reclassification of form C of P. soleiformis as a new species. A complementary study based on the compilation of enzyme standards obtained from fragments of fourteen restriction enzymes which were applied in the regions ITS1 of 18S rDNA. The resulting gene distance tree showed form C of P. soleiformis to be a link between the two principal groups. Therefore, the application of these different methodologies led to the discrimination of the species P. variegatus, P. tuberculosus, P. boraceiensis, and P. gayi, forms A, B, D, and E and the differentiation of form C. As a result of these findings we propose that, P. soleiformis form C be renamed Phyllocaulis renschi Thomé, 1965.