A molecular systematic survey of the Iranian Persian Gulf octocorals (Cnidaria: Alcyonacea)
| Autor: | Nasrin Sakhaei, Catherine S. McFadden, Shemshad Shahbazi, Hossein Zolgharnein |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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0106 biological sciences
Cnidaria biology Octocorallia Systematic survey 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology Biodiversity Aquatic Science Oceanography biology.organism_classification 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences humanities language.human_language Species level Alcyonacea Evolutionary biology language Taxonomy (biology) Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Persian |
| Zdroj: | Marine Biodiversity. 51 |
| ISSN: | 1867-1624 1867-1616 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s12526-020-01147-8 |
| Popis: | Octocorals (Octocorallia, Alcyonacea) are distributed worldwide and their taxonomy in the Persian Gulf has been a subject of controversy among experts due to their cryptic features. Here, we present a primary review of the Alcyonacea in the Iranian Persian Gulf with molecular documentation to provide insight into the real diversity within this order. Our molecular study was based on two mitochondrial protein-coding (COI and mtMuts) and one nuclear (28S rDNA) gene sequences, which identified seven families, 14 genera, and 21 species of Octocorallia in the Persian Gulf that were well-supported by maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses. Our results indicate consistency between morphological and molecular characteristics at the species level. We conclude the presence of some heterogeneous groups of genera creates ambiguity in our analysis. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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