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Forgotten in the taxonomic literature: resurrection of the scleractinian coral genus Sclerophyllia (Scleractinia, Lobophylliidae) from the Arabian Peninsula and its phylogenetic relationships
Roberto Arrigoni,Michael L. Berumen,Tullia Isotta Terraneo,Annalisa Caragnano,Jessica Bouwmeester,Francesca Benzoni +5 more
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Phylogenetic trees and haplotype network analyses show that S. margariticola belongs to the family Lobophylliidae and that it is closely related to Acanthastrea maxima, an uncommon species from waters around the Arabian peninsula, and moves A. maxima into Sclerophyllia.Abstract:
The monospecific scleractinian coral genus Sclerophyllia Klunzinger, 1879 was originally described from Al-Qusayr (Egypt) in the Red Sea based on a series of solitary specimens. Thenceforth, it has been considered a junior synonym of Symphyllia and Cynarina based on corallum macromorphology. In this study, several specimens of Sclerophyllia margariticola were collected on the coasts of Saudi Arabia in the northern and central Red Sea. Four molecular markers were sequenced, COI and the intergenic spacer between COI and l-rRNA from mitochondrial DNA and Histone H3 and ribosomal ITS2 from nuclear DNA. Phylogenetic trees and haplotype network analyses show that S. margariticola belongs to the family Lobophylliidae and that it is closely related to Acanthastrea maxima, an uncommon species from waters around the Arabian peninsula (the Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf). Sclerophyllia margariticola and A. maxima share several macro- and micromorphological characters, such as the presence o...read more
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The Coral Trait Database, a curated database of trait information for coral species from the global oceans
Joshua S. Madin,Kristen G. Anderson,Magnus Heide Andreasen,Tom C. L. Bridge,Tom C. L. Bridge,Stephen D. Cairns,Sean R. Connolly,Emily S. Darling,Marcela Diaz,Daniel S. Falster,Erik C. Franklin,Ruth D. Gates,Mia O. Hoogenboom,Danwei Huang,Sally A. Keith,Matthew A. Kosnik,Chao-Yang Kuo,Janice M. Lough,Janice M. Lough,Catherine E. Lovelock,Osmar J. Luiz,Julieta C. Martinelli,Toni Mizerek,John M. Pandolfi,Xavier Pochon,Morgan S. Pratchett,Hollie M. Putnam,T. Edward Roberts,Michael Stat,Carden C. Wallace,Elizabeth Widman,Andrew H. Baird +31 more
TL;DR: The overall goal is for the Coral Trait Database to become an open-source, community-led data clearinghouse that accelerates coral reef research.
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The new systematics of scleractinia: Integrating molecular and morphological evidence
TL;DR: This synthesis of scleractinian phylogenetics and systematics is presented, focusing on the progress of the authors' phylogenetic understanding of this ecologically-significant clade, which today is supported by rich sets of molecular and morphological data.
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Species delimitation in the reef coral genera Echinophyllia and Oxypora (Scleractinia, Lobophylliidae) with a description of two new species
Roberto Arrigoni,Michael L. Berumen,Chaolun Allen Chen,Tullia Isotta Terraneo,Andrew H. Baird,Claude Payri,Francesca Benzoni,Francesca Benzoni +7 more
TL;DR: The efficiency of multi-locus phylogenetic analyses and recently developed molecular species delimitation approaches are demonstrated as valuable tools to disentangle taxonomic issues caused by morphological ambiguities and to re-assess the diversity of scleractinian corals.
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Taxonomic classification of the reef coral family Lobophylliidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia)
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TL;DR: The authors thank M. Baird and M. Dreyfus (IRD) for collections in New Caledonia, and the Niugini Biodiversity Expedition and P. Dutrieux (CREOCEAN) and C. Chaineau (Total SA) for samples from Yemen.
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Towards a rigorous species delimitation framework for scleractinian corals based on RAD sequencing: the case study of Leptastrea from the Indo-Pacific
Roberto Arrigoni,Roberto Arrigoni,Michael L. Berumen,Kiruthiga Mariappan,Pieter S. A. Beck,Ann Marie Hulver,Simone Montano,Michel Pichon,Giovanni Strona,Tullia Isotta Terraneo,Tullia Isotta Terraneo,Francesca Benzoni +11 more
TL;DR: This work uses the genome-wide technique Restriction-site Associated DNA sequencing (RADseq) to investigate phylogenetic relationships and species delimitation within the genus Leptastrea, and proposes a consistent species definition method for corals based on the combination of genomic, morphological, morphometric, and distributional data.
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