caa a22 4500 445819723 CHVBK 20180317145240.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00338-011-0797-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00338-011-0797-4 Comparison of morphological and genetic analyses reveals cryptic divergence and morphological plasticity in Stylophora (Cnidaria, Scleractinia) [Elektronische Daten] [Fabrizio Stefani, F. Benzoni, S.-Y. Yang, M. Pichon, P. Galli, C. Chen] A combined morphological and genetic study of the coral genus Stylophora investigated species boundaries in the Gulf of Aden, Yemen. Two mitochondrial regions, including the hypervariable IGS9 spacer and the control region, and a fragment of rDNA were used for phylogenetic analysis. Results were compared by multivariate analysis on the basis of branch morphology and corallite morphometry. Two species were clearly discriminated by both approaches. The first species was characterised by small corallites and a low morphological variability and was ascribed to a new geographical record of Stylophora madagascarensis on the basis of its phylogenetic distinction and its morphological similarity to the type material. The second species was characterised by larger corallite size and greater morphological variability and was ascribed to Stylophora pistillata. The analysis was extended to the intrageneric level for other S. pistillata populations from the Red Sea and the Pacific Ocean. Strong internal divergence was evident in the genus Stylophora. S. pistillata populations were split into two highly divergent Red Sea/Gulf of Aden and western Pacific lineages with significant morphological overlap, which suggests they represent two distinct cryptic species. The combined use of morphological and molecular approaches, so far proved to be a powerful tool for the re-delineation of species boundaries in corals, provided novel evidence of cryptic divergence in this group of marine metazoans. Springer-Verlag, 2011 Stylophora nationallicence Gulf of Aden nationallicence rDNA nationallicence Control region nationallicence IGS9 spacer nationallicence Western Pacific nationallicence Stefani Fabrizio Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, P.zza della Scienza, 2, 20126, Milan, Italy aut Benzoni F. Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, P.zza della Scienza, 2, 20126, Milan, Italy aut Yang S.-Y Biodiversity Research Centre, Academia Sinica, 115, Taipei, Taiwan aut Pichon M. Museum of Tropical Queensland, Townsville, Australia aut Galli P. Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, P.zza della Scienza, 2, 20126, Milan, Italy aut Chen C. Biodiversity Research Centre, Academia Sinica, 115, Taipei, Taiwan aut Coral Reefs Springer-Verlag 30/4(2011-12-01), 1033-1049 0722-4028 30:4<1033 2011 30 338 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-011-0797-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-011-0797-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Stefani Fabrizio Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, P.zza della Scienza, 2, 20126, Milan, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Benzoni F. Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, P.zza della Scienza, 2, 20126, Milan, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yang S.-Y Biodiversity Research Centre, Academia Sinica, 115, Taipei, Taiwan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pichon M. Museum of Tropical Queensland, Townsville, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Galli P. Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences, University of Milano-Bicocca, P.zza della Scienza, 2, 20126, Milan, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chen C. Biodiversity Research Centre, Academia Sinica, 115, Taipei, Taiwan aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Coral Reefs Springer-Verlag 30/4(2011-12-01), 1033-1049 0722-4028 30:4<1033 2011 30 338 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer