@article{fdi:010071398,
  title = {{A} new sequence data set of {SSU} r{RNA} gene for {S}cleractinia and its phylogenetic and ecological applications},
  author = {{A}rrigoni, {R}. and {V}acherie, {B}. and {B}enzoni, {F}rancesca and {S}tefani, {F}. and {K}arsenti, {E}. and {J}aillon, {O}. and {N}ot, {F}. and {N}unes, {F}. and {P}ayri, {C}laude and {W}incker, {P}. and {B}arbe, {V}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{S}cleractinian corals (i.e. hard corals) play a fundamental role in building and maintaining coral reefs, one of the most diverse ecosystems on {E}arth. {N}evertheless, their phylogenies remain largely unresolved and little is known about dispersal and survival of their planktonic larval phase. {T}he small subunit ribosomal {RNA} ({SSU} r{RNA}) is a commonly used gene for {DNA} barcoding in several metazoans, and small variable regions of {SSU} r{RNA} are widely adopted as barcode marker to investigate marine plankton community structure worldwide. {H}ere, we provide a large sequence data set of the complete {SSU} r{RNA} gene from 298 specimens, representing all known extant reef coral families and a total of 106 genera. {T}he secondary structure was extremely conserved within the order with few exceptions due to insertions or deletions occurring in the variable regions. {R}emarkable differences in {SSU} r{RNA} length and base composition were detected between and within acroporids ({A}cropora, {M}ontipora, {I}sopora and {A}lveopora) compared to other corals. {T}he {V}4 and {V}9 regions seem to be promising barcode loci because variation at commonly used barcode primer binding sites was extremely low, while their levels of divergence allowed families and genera to be distinguished. {A} time-calibrated phylogeny of {S}cleractinia is provided, and mutation rate heterogeneity is demonstrated across main lineages. {T}he use of this data set as a valuable reference for investigating aspects of ecology, biology, molecular taxonomy and evolution of scleractinian corals is discussed.},
  keywords = {cnidarians ; gene structure and function ; hard corals ; hypervariable region ; molecular evolution ; systematics ; {ATLANTIQUE} ; {PACIFIQUE} ; {OCEAN} {INDIEN} ; {MEDITERRANNEE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{M}olecular {E}cology {R}esources},
  volume = {17},
  numero = {5},
  pages = {1054--1071},
  ISSN = {1755-098{X}},
  year = {2017},
  DOI = {10.1111/1755-0998.12640},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010071398},
}