Magasella sanguinea (Leach, 1814) and Magasella haurakiensis (Allan, 1931): resolving the taxonomic placement of these endemic New Zealand brachiopods using morphological and molecular traits

Autor: De Lee, Jeffrey H. Robinson, AJ Brandt, KM Donald
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 46:139-163
ISSN: 1175-8899
0303-6758
Popis: There are currently two medium-large, closely related, endemic New Zealand terebratulide brachiopod species assigned to the Southern Hemisphere genus Terebratella d’Orbigny, 1847. However, recently published molecular analyses reveal that the New Zealand Terebratella are only distantly related to southern South American Terebratella, which contains the type species dorsata, and the New Zealand species must be transferred to another genus. Examination of the convoluted taxonomic history of the species originally described as Terebratula sanguinea by Leach (Leach WE. 1814. The Zoological Miscellany. Volume 1 and Atlas. London: McMillan; p. 144) reveals that only one of several existing generic names, Magasella Dall, 1870, is valid and available. In addition, uncertainty persists concerning whether the two observed morphotypes of Magasella (‘sanguinea’ and ‘haurakiensis’) are truly separate species or two forms of a single morphologically variable species. A statistical analysis of the morphological ...
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