@article{fdi:010057168,
  title = {{M}olecular phylogeny of the {R}obust clade ({F}aviidae, {M}ussidae, {M}erulinidae, and {P}ectiniidae) : an {I}ndian {O}cean perspective},
  author = {{A}rrigoni, {R}. and {S}tefani, {F}. and {P}ichon, {M}. and {G}alli, {P}. and {B}enzoni, {F}rancesca},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{R}ecent phylogenetic analyses have demonstrated the limits of traditional coral taxonomy based solely on skeletal morphology. {I}n this phylogenetic context, {F}aviidae and {M}ussidae are ecologically dominant families comprising one third of scleractinian reef coral genera, but their phylogenies remain partially unresolved. {M}any of their taxa are scattered throughout most of the clades of the {R}obust group, and major systematic incongruences exist. {N}umerous genera and species remain unstudied, and the entire biogeographic area of the {I}ndian {O}cean remains largely unsampled. {I}n this study, we analyzed a portion of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 gene and a portion of ribosomal {DNA} for 14 genera and 27 species of the {F}aviidae and {M}ussidae collected from the {I}ndian {O}cean and {N}ew {C}aledonia and this is the first analysis of five of these species. {F}or some taxa, newly discovered evolutionary relationships were detected, such as the evolutionary distinctiveness of {A}canthastrea maxima, the genetic overlap of {P}arasimplastrea omanensis and {B}lastomussa merleti, and the peculiar position of {F}avites peresi in clade {XVII} together with {E}chinopora and {M}ontastraea salebrosa. {M}oreover, numerous cases of intraspecific divergences between {I}ndian {O}cean and {P}acific {O}cean populations were detected. {T}he most striking cases involve the genera {F}avites and {F}avia, and in particular {F}avites complanata, {F}. halicora, {F}avia favus, {F}. pallida, {F}. matthaii, and {F}. rotumana, but divergence also is evident in {B}lastomussa merleti, {C}yphastrea serailia, and {E}chinopora gemmacea. {H}igh morphological variability characterizes most of these taxa, thus traditional skeletal characteristics, such as corallite arrangement, seem to be evolutionary misleading and are plagued by convergence. {O}ur results indicate that the systematics of the {F}aviidae and the {M}ussidae is far from being resolved and that the inclusion of conspecific populations of different geographical origin represents an unavoidable step when redescribing the taxonomy and systematics of scleractinian corals. {M}ore molecular phylogenies are needed to define the evolutionary lineages that could be corroborated by known and newly discovered micromorphological characters.},
  keywords = {{E}volution ; {COI} ; r{DNA} ; {F}aviidae ; {M}ussidae ; {I}ndian {O}cean},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{M}olecular {P}hylogenetics and {E}volution},
  volume = {65},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {183--193},
  ISSN = {1055-7903},
  year = {2012},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010057168},
}