Out of Antarctica: quaternary colonization of sub-Antarctic Marion Island by the limpet genus Nacella (Patellogastropoda: Nacellidae)

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: González-Wevar, Claudio A., Chown, Steven L., Morley, Simon, Coria, Nestor, Saucéde, Thomas, Poulin, Elie
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Springer 2016
• Subjects: Antarctic; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Nacella; Antarc*; Antarctica; Marion Island; Polar Biology
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/508965/; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-014-1620-9

The distribution of the Southern Ocean nearshore marine benthic fauna is the consequence of major geologic, oceanographic, and climatic changes during the last 50 Ma. As a result, a main biogeographic principle in the Southern Ocean is the clear distinction of the Antarctic biota. The Antarctic Pola...