Project 4310: R. Arrigoni, M. L. Berumen, J. Stolarski, T. I. Terraneo, F. Benzoni. 2019. Uncovering hidden coral diversity: a new cryptic lobophylliid scleractinian from the Indian Ocean. Cladistics. 35 (3):301-328.
Abstract
Extant biodiversity can easily be underestimated owing to the presence of cryptic taxa, even among commonly observed species. Scleractinian corals are challenging to identify because of their ecophenotypic variation and morphological plasticity. In addition, molecular analyses have revealed the occurrence of cryptic speciation. Here, we describe a new cryptic lobophylliid genus and species Paraechinophyllia variabilis gen. nov., sp. nov., which is morphologically similar to Echinophyllia aspera and E. orpheensis. The new taxon occurs in Mayotte Island, Madagascar, the Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea. Six molecular markers (COI, 12S, ATP6-NAD4, NAD3-NAD5, histone H3 and ITS) and 46 morphological characters at three different levels (macromorphology, micromorphology and microstructure) were examined. The resulting molecular phylogenetic reconstruction showed that Paraechinophyllia gen. nov. represents a distinct group within the Lobophylliidae that diverged from the lineage leading to Echinophyllia and Oxypora in the Early Miocene, approximately 21.5 Ma. The morphological phylogenetic reconstruction clustered Paraechinophyllia gen. nov., Echinophyllia and Oxypora together in a single clade. A sole morphological character, calice relief, discriminated Paraechinophyllia gen. nov. from the latter two genera, suggesting that limited morphological variation has occurred over a long period. These results highlight the importance of cryptic taxa in reef corals, with implications for population genetics, ecological studies and conservation.Read the article »
Article DOI: 10.1111/cla.12346
Project DOI: 10.7934/P4310, http://dx.doi.org/10.7934/P4310
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Download Project SDD File | Total scored cells: 1667 Total media associated with cells: 0 Total labels associated with cell media: 0 |
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Total characters: 46 Total characters with associated media: 0 Total characters with media with labels: 0 Total character states: 125 Total character states with associated media: 0 Total character states with media with labels:0 Total unordered/ordered characters:25/21 |
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- Creation Date:
11 July 2022 - Publication Date:
28 November 2022 - Project views: 5191
- Matrix downloads: 3
Authors' Institutions
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- University of Milano-Bicocca
- Polish Academy of Sciences
- James Cook University
- UMR ENTROPIE
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Katherine Walton Project Administrator | 48 | 9 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 1667 (1616, 0, 51) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Brooke Long-Fox Full membership | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0, 0, 0) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Taxonomic Overview for Matrix 'M29079' (48 Taxa)
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[1] Orbicella annularis Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 9 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[2] Acanthastrea echinata Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 6 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[3] Acanthastrea subechinata Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 31 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[4] Acanthastrea hemprichii Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 6 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[5] Acanthastrea pachysepta Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 7 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[6] Acanthastrea rotundoflora Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 7 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[7] Australophyllia wilsoni Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 5 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[8] Cynarina lacrymalis Last Modified in 08/08/22 | 0 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[9] Echinophyllia aspera Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 6 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[10] Echinophyllia glabra Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 6 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[11] Echinophyllia echinoporoides Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 6 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[12] Echinophyllia orpheensis Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 6 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[13] Echinophyllia tarae Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 31 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[14] Echinophyllia patula Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 31 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[15] Echinophyllia gallii Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 15 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[16] Echinophyllia bulbosa Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 15 | 30 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[17] Oxypora convoluta Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 31 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[18] Oxypora lacera Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 6 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[19] Oxypora echinata Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 6 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[20] Oxypora crassispinosa Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 31 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[21] Paraechinophyllia variabilis 1 Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 6 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[22] Paraechinophyllia variabilis 2 Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 6 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[23] Homophyllia australis Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 6 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[24] Homophyllia bowerbanki Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 6 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[25] Lobophyllia agaricia Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 5 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[26] Lobophyllia corymbosa Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 7 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[27] Lobophyllia costata Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 6 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[28] Lobophyllia diminuta Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[29] Lobophyllia erythraea Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 30 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[30] Lobophyllia flabelliformis Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 31 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[31] Lobophyllia hataii Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 6 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[32] Lobophyllia hemprichii Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 6 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[33] Lobophyllia ishigakiensis Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 5 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[34] Lobophyllia radians Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 5 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[35] Lobophyllia recta Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 5 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[36] Lobophyllia robusta Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 6 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[37] Lobophyllia rowleyensis Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 19 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[38] Lobophyllia valenciennesi Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 6 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[39] Lobophyllia vitiensis Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 5 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[40] Lobophyllia hassi Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 30 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[41] Micromussa amakusensis Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 6 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[42] Micromussa indiana Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 6 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[43] Micromussa lordhowensis Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 6 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[44] Micromussa multipunctata Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 6 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[45] Micromussa pacifica Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 6 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[46] Moseleya latistellata Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 6 | 39 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[47] Sclerophyllia margariticola Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
[48] Sclerophyllia maxima Last Modified in 11/24/22 | 6 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
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Total project views | 5191 | |
Project overview | 300 | |
Matrix views | 221 | Matrix landing page (206 views); Morphological character-state matrix based on characters presented in Appendix 1 (15 views); |
Media views | 955 | Media search (694 views); M845356 (133 views); M845357 (128 views); |
Documents list | 229 | |
Bibliography | 165 | |
Views for media list | 263 | |
Specimen list | 1756 | |
Taxon list | 1302 |
Project downloads
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Total downloads from project | 4 | |
Matrix downloads | 3 | Morphological character-state matrix based on characters presented in Appendix 1 (3 downloads); |
Project downloads | 1 |