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Coppard, S.E. & Lessios, H.A. (2017). Phylogeography of the sand dollar genus Encope: implications regarding the Central American Isthmus and rates of molecular evolution. Scientific Reports. 7(1): 11520.
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Coppard, S.E. & Lessios, H.A.
2017
Phylogeography of the sand dollar genus Encope: implications regarding the Central American Isthmus and rates of molecular evolution
Scientific Reports
7(1): 11520
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Vicariant events have been widely used to calibrate rates of molecular evolution, the completion of the Central American Isthmus more extensively than any other. Recent studies have claimed that rather than the generally accepted date of ~3 million years ago (Ma), the Isthmus was effectively complete by the middle Miocene, 13 Ma. We present a fossil calibrated phylogeny of the new world sand dollar genus Encope, based on one nuclear and four mitochondrial genes, calibrated with fossils at multiple nodes. Present day distributions of Encope are likely the result of multiple range contractions and extinction events. Most species are now endemic to a single region, but one widely distributed species in each ocean is composed of morphotypes previously described as separate species. The most recent separation between eastern Pacific and Caribbean extant clades occurred at 4.90 Ma, indicating that the Isthmus of Panama allowed genetic exchange until the Pliocene. The rate of evolution of mitochondrial genes in Encope has been ten times slower than in the closely related genera Mellita and Lanthonia. This large difference in rates suggests that splits between eastern Pacific and Caribbean biota, dated on the assumption of a “universal” mitochondrial DNA clock are not valid.
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Encope L. Agassiz, 1840 (status source)
Encope (Echinadesma) Phelan, 1972 accepted as Encope L. Agassiz, 1840 (status source)
Encope borealis A.H. Clark, 1946 (status source)
Encope californica Verrill, 1870 (status source)
Encope emarginata (Leske, 1778) (status source)
Encope galapagensis A.H. Clark, 1946 (status source)
Encope grandis L. Agassiz, 1841 (status source)
Encope laevis H.L. Clark, 1948 accepted as Encope micropora L. Agassiz, 1841 (status source)
Encope michelini L. Agassiz, 1841 (status source)
Encope micropora L. Agassiz, 1841 (status source)
Encope micropora borealis A.H. Clark, 1946 accepted as Encope borealis A.H. Clark, 1946 (status source)
Encope micropora cocosi H.L. Clark, 1948 accepted as Encope micropora L. Agassiz, 1841 (status source)
Encope micropora ecuadorensis H.L. Clark, 1948 accepted as Encope micropora L. Agassiz, 1841 (status source)
Encope micropora fragilis H.L. Clark, 1948 accepted as Encope micropora L. Agassiz, 1841 (status source)
Encope micropora insularis H.L. Clark, 1948 (status source)
Encope micropora irregularis H.L. Clark, 1948 accepted as Encope micropora L. Agassiz, 1841 (status source)
Encope micropora tetrapora L. Agassiz, 1841 accepted as Encope micropora L. Agassiz, 1841 (status source)
Encope oblonga L. Agassiz, 1841 accepted as Encope emarginata (Leske, 1778) (status source)
Encope perspectiva L. Agassiz, 1841 accepted as Encope micropora L. Agassiz, 1841 (status source)
Encope subclausa L. Agassiz, 1841 accepted as Encope emarginata (Leske, 1778) (status source)
Encope valenciennesii L. Agassiz, 1841 accepted as Encope emarginata (Leske, 1778) (status source)
Encope wetmorei A.H. Clark, 1946 accepted as Encope micropora L. Agassiz, 1841 (status source)
 Fossil range

Encope aberrans has been recorded from the Late Pliocene (3.60-2.59 Ma) (Intracoastal Limestone of the Florida ... [details]

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Conflicting records regarding the existence of E. arcensis in the modern fauna. The original author (Durham, 1940) ... [details]

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Encope borealis has been recorded (CASG 68681) from Pleistocene deposits between Puerto Peñasco and Punta ... [details]

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Durham (1940) reported E. californica, and E. micropora from the Pleistocene of the Gulf of California. (Coppard & ... [details]

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Fossil E. emarginata has been reported from the Late Pliocene (3.60-2.59 Ma) of the Caribbean and Venezuela and the ... [details]

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Fossil E. galapagensis from the limestone of Isla Santa Cruz [California Academy of Sciences, Geology (CASG) ... [details]

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Durham (1940) described possible fossil representatives of E. grandis as ancestral species/subspecies, with E. ... [details]

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E. michelini has been reported from the Middle Pleistocene (0.78-0.12 Ma) from St. Lucie County, Florida. (FLMNH/UF ... [details]

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Durham (1940) reported E. californica, and E. micropora from the Pleistocene of the Gulf of California. (Coppard & ... [details]

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Encope perspectiva is recorded from the Pleistocene near Santa Cruz, Oaxaca, Mexico. (Coppard & Lessios, 2017) [details]

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A clear separation between the Encope (Echinadesma) and Encope (Encope) is difficult because all intermediate ... [details]

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The subgenus Encope (Encope) became necessary due to Phelan’s (1972) proposal of a subgeneric classification of ... [details]

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The clade composed of the Atlantic species Encope aberrans and E. michelini was the first to have split from ... [details]

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E. borealis was shown by Coppard & Lessios (2017) to represent a genetically distinct clade of Encope nowadays ... [details]

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The second Encope lineage in the eastern Pacific contains two clades. The genetic distances in all genes between ... [details]

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E. galapagenis was shown by Coppard & Lessios (2017) to represent a genetically distinct clade of Encope endemic to ... [details]

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While Coppard & Lessios (2017) did not formally synonymize E. laevis with E. micropora, it is clear from their ... [details]

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E. borealis was shown by Coppard & Lessios (2017) to represent a genetically distinct clade of Encope nowadays ... [details]

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While not formally synonymized by Coppard & Lessios (2017), it is clear from their text that they consider E. ... [details]

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While not formally synonymized by Coppard & Lessios (2017), it is clear from their text that they consider E. ... [details]

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While not formally synonymized by Coppard & Lessios (2017), it is clear from their text that they consider E. ... [details]

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Coppard & Lessios (2017) wrote: "However, with the exception of specimens of E. micropora insularis from Isla ... [details]

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While not formally synonymized by Coppard & Lessios (2017), it is clear from their text that they consider E. ... [details]

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While not formally synonymized by Coppard & Lessios (2017), it is clear from their text that they consider E. ... [details]

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Coppard & Lessios (2017) wrote: “Nested within the Atlantic clade of E. emarginata are the morphospecies E. ... [details]

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While not formally synonymized by Coppard & Lessios (2017), it is clear from their text that they consider E. ... [details]

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Coppard & Lessios (2017) wrote: “Nested within the Atlantic clade of E. emarginata are the morphospecies E. ... [details]

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Coppard & Lessios (2017) wrote: “Nested within the Atlantic clade of E. emarginata are the morphospecies E. ... [details]

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While Coppard & Lessios (2017) did not formally synonymize E. wetmorei with E. micropora, it is clear from their ... [details]

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The phylogenetic tree presented by Coppard & Lessios (2017) clearly demonstrates that Mellitella forms a clade ... [details]