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Coastal - Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project

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Acet<strong>at</strong>e #9<br />

Activity #1<br />

<strong>Coastal</strong> Unit 3<br />

Acet<strong>at</strong>e Master<br />

Mystery #6<br />

Theories about isol<strong>at</strong>ion<br />

and speci<strong>at</strong>ion hold th<strong>at</strong><br />

shrimp species th<strong>at</strong> live<br />

thousands of miles apart<br />

should have evolved into<br />

separ<strong>at</strong>e species. Wh<strong>at</strong><br />

can explain the fact th<strong>at</strong><br />

popul<strong>at</strong>ions of the same<br />

shrimp species are found<br />

thousands of miles apart?<br />

Observ<strong>at</strong>ion #1<br />

Observ<strong>at</strong>ion #2.<br />

Observ<strong>at</strong>ion #3<br />

Observ<strong>at</strong>ion #4<br />

Observ<strong>at</strong>ion #5<br />

Photo: John Hoover, Hawaiÿi’s Sea Cre<strong>at</strong>ures, Mutual Publishing<br />

The shrimp Antecaridina lauensis (Al), Halocaridina rubra (Hr), and<br />

Metabetaeus lohena (Ml) can live up to 5 years in aquariums. They live longer<br />

than other types of small shrimp.<br />

All of the small, red shrimp found in the anchialine ponds can toler<strong>at</strong>e a wide<br />

vari<strong>at</strong>ion in “salinity” (saltiness of the w<strong>at</strong>er), but they must have a little bit of<br />

seaw<strong>at</strong>er in the mix. They can live in pure ocean w<strong>at</strong>er.<br />

All these shrimp need dark, underground crevices. While human beings have<br />

mostly seen them in the ponds, the shrimp probably do not need to come into<br />

ponds. While Ligur uveae (Lu) is found in ponds in other parts of the world, it<br />

has never been seen in a pond in Hawaiÿi. Here, it has been seen by divers only<br />

in underw<strong>at</strong>er caves. While we tend to associ<strong>at</strong>e the shrimp with anchialine<br />

ponds, it is possible th<strong>at</strong> they do not need to live in or on “emergent land” (land<br />

th<strong>at</strong> comes out of the w<strong>at</strong>er, an island).<br />

On islands where popul<strong>at</strong>ions of the shrimp have been found in anchialine<br />

ponds, the shrimp sometimes show up in new holes in the ground such as a<br />

bomb cr<strong>at</strong>er, wells, and quarries, as well as in ponds in recent lava flows. This<br />

suggests th<strong>at</strong> they have migr<strong>at</strong>ed through underground crevices to enter these<br />

new holes, so there is probably an extensive underground popul<strong>at</strong>ion.<br />

Only two of the many species of small, red shrimp are endemic to an area.<br />

Since isol<strong>at</strong>ion generally results in the evolution of new species, this seems to<br />

indic<strong>at</strong>e th<strong>at</strong> larvae are passively flo<strong>at</strong>ing in currents between these various<br />

areas. But in many places the currents don’t go the right way!<br />

Anchialine Detectives • Höÿike o Haleakalä 19

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