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    Forgotten in the taxonomic literature: Resurrection of the scleractinian coral genus Sclerophyllia (Scleractinia, Lobophylliidae) from the Arabian Peninsula and its phylogenetic relationships

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    Authors
    Arrigoni, Roberto
    Berumen, Michael L. cc
    Terraneo, Tullia Isotta cc
    Caragnano, Annalisa
    Bouwmeester, Jessica cc
    Benzoni, Francesca
    KAUST Department
    Red Sea Research Center (RSRC)
    Biological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) Division
    Marine Science Program
    Reef Ecology Lab
    KAUST Grant Number
    CRG-01-BER-2012-002
    Date
    2014-12-02
    Online Publication Date
    2014-12-02
    Print Publication Date
    2015-03-04
    Permanent link to this record
    http://hdl.handle.net/10754/563865
    
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    Abstract
    The monospecific scleractinian coral genus Sclerophyllia Klunzinger, 1879 was originally described from Al-Qusayr (Egypt) in the Red Sea based on a series of solitary specimens. Thenceforth, it has been considered a junior synonym of Symphyllia and Cynarina based on corallum macromorphology. In this study, several specimens of Sclerophyllia margariticola were collected on the coasts of Saudi Arabia in the northern and central Red Sea. Four molecular markers were sequenced, COI and the intergenic spacer between COI and l-rRNA from mitochondrial DNA and Histone H3 and ribosomal ITS2 from nuclear DNA. Phylogenetic trees and haplotype network analyses show that S. margariticola belongs to the family Lobophylliidae and that it is closely related to Acanthastrea maxima, an uncommon species from waters around the Arabian peninsula (the Gulf of Aden, Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman and Persian Gulf). Sclerophyllia margariticola and A. maxima share several macro- and micromorphological characters, such as the presence of free septa, high elliptical septal teeth perpendicular to the septal margin, irregular lobate tips, very wide tooth spacing, a very strong granulation with granules scattered all along the septal sides, and a palisade interarea structure, and their micromorphology differs substantially from that of Acanthastrea echinata, the type species of Acanthastrea. Therefore, we formally resurrect Sclerophyllia, provide a revised diagnosis for the genus, and move A. maxima into Sclerophyllia.
    Citation
    Arrigoni, R., Berumen, M. L., Terraneo, T. I., Caragnano, A., Bouwmeester, J., & Benzoni, F. (2014). Forgotten in the taxonomic literature: resurrection of the scleractinian coral genusSclerophyllia(Scleractinia, Lobophylliidae) from the Arabian Peninsula and its phylogenetic relationships. Systematics and Biodiversity, 13(2), 140–163. doi:10.1080/14772000.2014.978915
    Sponsors
    This project was supported in part by funding from KAUST (award 504 # CRG-01-BER-2012-002 and baseline research funds to MLB).
    Publisher
    Informa UK Limited
    Journal
    Systematics and Biodiversity
    DOI
    10.1080/14772000.2014.978915
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1080/14772000.2014.978915
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    Articles; Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering (BESE) Division; Red Sea Research Center (RSRC); Marine Science Program

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