Pachyseris inattesa sp. n. (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scleractinia): a new reef coral species from the Red Sea and its phylogenetic relationships | Zendy

Tullia I. Terraneo | Zendy; Michael L. Berumen | Zendy; Roberto Arrigoni | Zendy; Zarinah Waheed | Zendy; Jessica Bouwmeester | Zendy; Annalisa Caragnano | Zendy; Fabrizio Stefani | Zendy; Francesca Benzoni | Zendy

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Pachyseris inattesa sp. n. (Cnidaria, Anthozoa, Scleractinia): a new reef coral species from the Red Sea and its phylogenetic relationships

Author(s) -

Tullia I. Terraneo,

Michael L. Berumen,

Roberto Arrigoni,

Zarinah Waheed,

Jessica Bouwmeester,

Annalisa Caragnano,

Fabrizio Stefani,

Francesca Benzoni

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

zookeys

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672

H-Index - 43

eISSN - 1313-2989

pISSN - 1313-2970

DOI - 10.3897/zookeys.433.8036

Subject(s) - biology , incertae sedis , scleractinia , anthozoa , genus , cnidaria , octocorallia , monophyly , zoology , phylogenetic tree , coral reef , indo pacific , coral , rugosa , mesenteries , stingray , ecology , coelenterata , botany , clade , anatomy , biochemistry , gene

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.

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