How did subterranean amphipods cross the Adriatic Sea? Phylogenetic evidence for dispersal-vicariance interplay mediated by marine regression-transgression cycles

摘要

Aim Freshwater subterranean amphipods with low dispersal abilities are known from both sides of the impermeable barrier, the Adriatic Sea. We tested the hypothesis that historical marine regression-transgression cycles shaped the distribution patterns of subterranean amphipods through repeated cycles of dispersal and vicariance against the hypothesis that subterranean amphipods colonized both sides of the Adriatic Sea independently.