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Why are there no onychophorans in Cuba?
, Column: Darwin In Memoriam

Why are there no onychophorans in Cuba?

Column: Darwin In Memoriam
Published March 6, 2019
  • Julián Monge
Julián Monge
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Keywords

biogeography
velvet worms
living fossils
marine currents
biogeography
velvet worms
living fossils
marine currents

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Monge, J. (2019). Why are there no onychophorans in Cuba?. Revista De Biología Tropical, (1), Darwin. Retrieved from https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/36418
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Abstract

I propose here that there are no onychophorans in Cuba because the predominant marine currents - which could bring onychophorans from the Southern lands - mainly reach Jamaica and Hispaniola (island that contains Haiti and the Dominican Republic). I present five new predictions about the dispersal history of Caribbean species that, hopefully, will inspire new generations of geneticists to test them.

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References

Monge-Nájera, J. (1995). Phylogeny, biogeography and reproductive trends in the Onychophora. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 114(1), 21-60.

Chamberland, L., et al. (2018). From Gondwana to GAAR land: Evolutionary history and biogeography of ogre-faced spiders (Deinopis). Journal of Biogeography, 45(11), 2442-2457.

Matthew, W. D. (1919). Recent discoveries of fossil vertebrates in the West Indies and their bearing on the origin of the Antillean fauna. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, 58(3), 161-181.

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