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- Representatives of the Sars genus are tiny water fleas found in acidic and mountain waters, but their diversity is not well understood.
- Morphological and genetic studies have been challenging due to their small size, leading to fewer taxonomic revisions.
- Our genetic analysis identified at least twelve distinct lineages in the Northern Hemisphere, suggesting much greater species diversity than previously recognized, with nine major clades having various distribution patterns.
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Representatives of the genus Sars (Crustacea: Cladocera: Chydorinae) belong to the smallest known water fleas. Although species of are widely distributed and often abundant in acidic and mountain water bodies, their diversity is poorly studied. Morphological and genetic approaches have been complicated by the minute size of these microcrustaceans. As a result, taxonomists have avoided revising these species. Here, we present genetic data on species diversity across the Northern Hemisphere with particular attention to the species complex. We analyzed 82 16S rRNA sequences (all newly obtained), and 78 COI sequences (39 were newly obtained). The results revealed at least twelve divergent phylogenetic lineages, possible cryptic species, of , with different distribution patterns. As expected, the potential species diversity of this genus is significantly higher than traditionally accepted. The complex is represented by nine divergent clades in the Northern Hemisphere, some of them have relatively broad distribution ranges and others are more locally distributed. Our results provide a genetic background for subsequent morphological analyses, formal descriptions of species and detailed phylogeographical studies.
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