Tullia I. Terraneo and Michael L. Berumen and Roberto Arrigoni and Zarinah Waheed and Jessica Bouwmeester and Annalisa Caragnano and Fabrizio Stefani and Francesca Benzoni (2014) Pachyseris inattesa sp. n. (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scleractinia): A new reef coral species from the red sea and its phylogenetic relationships. ZooKeys (433). ISSN 13132989
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Abstract
A new scleractinian coral species, Pachyseris inattesa sp. n., is described from the Red Sea. Despite a superficial resemblance with some species in the agariciid genus Leptoseris with which it has been previously confused, P. inattesa sp. n. has micro-morphological characters typical of the genus Pachyseris. This genus, once part of the Agariciidae, is comprised of five extant species and is widely distributed throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific. It is currently incertae sedis as a result of recent molecular analysis and appears to be closely related to the Euphylliidae. A molecular phylogenetic reconstruction including P. inattesa sp. n., the genus type species P. rugosa, and P. speciosa, all present in the Red Sea, was performed using the mitochondrial intergenic spacer between COI and 16S-rRNA. The results confirm that P. inattesa sp. n. is a monophyletic lineage closely related to the other Pachyseris species examined. © Tullia I. Terraneo et al.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Keyword: | Coi-16S-rRNA intergenic spacer; Leptoseris foliosa; Micro-morphology; Pachyseris rugosa; Pachyseris speciosa; Taxonomy |
| Subjects: | S Agriculture > SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling |
| Depositing User: | MDM FAUZIAH MATSIN |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Dec 2014 13:42 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Oct 2017 10:20 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/10159 |
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