@article{fdi:010067729,
  title = {{S}pecies delimitation in the coral genus {G}oniopora ({S}cleractinia, {P}oritidae) from the {S}audi {A}rabian {R}ed {S}ea},
  author = {{T}erraneo, {T}. {I}. and {B}enzoni, {F}rancesca and {A}rrigoni, {R}. and {B}erumen, {M}. {L}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{V}ariable skeletal morphology, genotype induced plasticity, and homoplasy of skeletal structures have presented major challenges for scleractinian coral taxonomy and systematics since the 18th century. {A}lthough the recent integration of genetic and micromorphological data is helping to clarify the taxonomic confusion within the order, phylogenetic relationships and species delimitation within most coral genera are still far from settled. {I}n the present study, the species boundaries in the scleractinian coral genus {G}oniopora were investigated using 199 colonies from the {S}audi {A}rabian {R}ed {S}ea and sequencing of four molecular markers: the mitochondrial intergenic spacer between {C}yt{B} and {NAD}2, the nuclear ribosomal {ITS} region, and two single-copy nuclear genes ({ATP}s beta and {C}al{M}). {DNA} sequence data were analyzed using a variety of methods and exploratory species-delimitation tools. {T}he results were broadly congruent in identifying five distinct molecular lineages within the sequenced {G}oniopora samples: {G}. somaliensis/{G}. savignyi, {G}. djiboutiensis/{G}. lobata, {G}. stokesi, {G}. albiconus/{G}. tenuidens, and {G}. minor/{G}. gracilis. {A}lthough the traditional macromorphological characters used to identify these nine morphospecies were not able to discriminate the obtained molecular clades, informative micromorphological and microstructural features (such as the micro-ornamentation and the arrangement of the columella) were recovered among the five lineages. {M}oreover, unique in vivo morphologies were associated with the genetic-delimited lineages, further supporting the molecular findings. {T}his study represents the first attempt to identify species boundaries within {G}oniopora using a combined morpho-molecular approach. {T}he obtained data establish a basis for future taxonomic revision of the genus, which should include colonies across its entire geographical distribution in the {I}ndo-{P}acific.},
  keywords = {{GMYC} ; {PTP} ; {ABGD} ; {H}aplowebs ; {DNA} taxonomy ; {I}ntegrative taxonomy ; {ARABIE} {SAOUDITE} ; {MER} {ROUGE} ; {DJIBOUTI}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{M}olecular {P}hylogenetics and {E}volution},
  volume = {102},
  numero = {},
  pages = {278--294},
  ISSN = {1055-7903},
  year = {2016},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.ympev.2016.06.003},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010067729},
}