New species from a ‘lost world’: Sulawesidrobia (Caenogastropoda, Tateidae) from ancient Lake Matano, Sulawesi, Indonesia

  • Martin Haase AG Vogelwarte, Zoological Institute and Museum, University of Greifswald, Soldmannstraße 23, Greifswald, Germany https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9281-8752
  • Thomas von Rintelen Museum für Naturkunde – Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science, Invalidenstraße 43, 10115 Berlin, Germany https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6253-3078
  • Britta Harting AG Vogelwarte, Zoological Institute and Museum, University of Greifswald, Soldmannstraße 23, Greifswald, Germany
  • Ristiyanti Marwoto Museum Zoologicum Bogoriense, Research Center for Biosystematics and Evolution –BRIN Gedung Widyasatwaloka, Jalan Raya Jakarta Bogor KM 46, Cibinong, Bogor 16911, Indonesia https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1724-8152
  • Matthias Glaubrecht Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB), Zoological Museum, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5225-8164
Keywords: cryptic species, DNA taxonomy, extinction, integrative taxonomy, invasive species

Abstract

Five new species of freshwater gastropods of the tateid genus Sulawesidrobia are described from the ancient Lake Matano on Sulawesi, Indonesia: S. wilsoni sp. nov., S. carsonae sp. nov., S. ehrlichi sp. nov., S. crutzeni sp. nov., and S. dinersteini sp. nov. The descriptions were based on shell morphology, anatomy as well as phylogenetic analysis using DNA sequence data of a fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I. All three suits of characters were included into the diagnoses. The new species formed a clade with two species from Lake Towuti, but separate from already known species from Lake Matano. The species were discovered between 2003 and 2005. However, not a single specimen of Sulawesidrobia was found when several sites were revisited in 2018 and 2019. This may be a consequence of the release of South American flowerhorn cichlid fish into the lake, in combination with heavy eutrophication of the once ultra-oligotrophic lake. It seems likely that several populations or even entire species of Sulawesidrobia in Lake Matano may be extinct. The species names given reflect this by acknowledging important conservationists.

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Published
2023-04-13
How to Cite
Haase, M., von Rintelen, T., Harting, B., Marwoto, R., & Glaubrecht, M. (2023). New species from a ‘lost world’: Sulawesidrobia (Caenogastropoda, Tateidae) from ancient Lake Matano, Sulawesi, Indonesia. European Journal of Taxonomy, 864(1), 77–103. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2023.864.2089
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