Taxonomic classification of the reef coral family Lobophylliidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia)

Huang, Danwei; Arrigoni, Roberto; Benzoni, Francesca; Fukami, Hironobu; Knowlton­, Nancy­; Smith, Nathan D.; Stolarski, Jarosław; Chou, Loke Ming; Budd, Ann F.

doi:10.1111/zoj.12391

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“…This follows a recent taxonomic revision along with two new species described that have overhauled the species ranges of existing species (Arrigoni et al 2016a). Our phylogenetic inference is broadly congruent with the results of the revision (Arrigoni et al 2016a; see also Arrigoni et al 2016bArrigoni et al , 2019Huang et al 2016), though it also reveals a paraphyletic M. amakusensis and may foreshadow further taxonomic changes.…”

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confidence: 83%

“…Our phylogeny reconstruction recovers the same genus clades as Arrigoni et al (2016a) and Huang et al (2016) (Fig. 2; see also Arrigoni et al 2016bArrigoni et al , 2019.…”

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confidence: 58%

“…Combining data from Arrigoni et al (2016a) and Huang et al (2016), sequences were organised by gene in Mesquite v3.6 (Maddison and Maddison 2016), aligned using the E-INS-i option with default parameters in MAFFT v7.205 (Katoh et al 2002;Katoh and Toh 2008;Katoh and Standley 2013), and concatenated. Maximum likelihood analysis was performed in RAxML v8.0.9 (Stamatakis 2014) with 50 alternate runs from distinct parsimony starting trees under the default GTRGAMMA model and 1000 bootstrap replicates.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The genus was later said to be established 'to include species of Acanthastrea with corallites less than 5 mm diameter' (Veron 2002: 127). Based on more recent analyses integrating molecular and morphological data by Arrigoni et al (2016a) and Huang et al (2016), M. minuta was reverted to Acanthastrea minuta, M. diminuta moved to Goniopora, and three existing species transferred into Micromussa, namely A. lordhowensis Veron & Pichon, 1982, Montastrea multipunctata Hodgson, 1985, and A. regularis Veron, 2000. Two new species, Micromussa indiana Benzoni & Arrigoni, 2016and M. pacifica Benzoni & Arrigoni, 2016, were also described (Arrigoni et al 2016a).…”

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confidence: 99%

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New genus and species record of reef coral Micromussa amakusensis in the southern South China Sea

Jain

Nguyen

et al. 2019

Mar Biodivers Rec

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Background: Recent taxonomic revisions of zooxanthellate scleractinian coral taxa have inevitably resulted in confusion regarding the geographic ranges of even the most well-studied species. For example, the recorded distribution ranges of Stylophora pistillata and Pocillopora damicornis, two of the most intensely researched experimental subjects, have been restricted dramatically due to confounding cryptic species. Micromussa is an Indo-Pacific genus that has been revised recently. The revision incorporated five new members and led to substantial range restriction of its type species and only initial member M. amakusensis to Japan and the Coral Triangle. Here, we report the presence of Micromussa amakusensis in Singapore using phylogenetic methods. Results: A total of seven M. amakusensis colonies were recorded via SCUBA surveys at four coral reef sites south of mainland Singapore, including two artificial seawall sites. Colonies were found encrusting on dead coral skeletons or bare rocky substrate between 2 and 5 m in depth. Morphological examination and phylogenetic analyses support the identity of these colonies as M. amakusensis, but the phylogeny reconstruction also shows that they form relatively distinct branches with unexpected lineage diversity. Conclusions: Our results and verified geographic records of M. amakusensis illustrate that, outside the type locality in Japan, the species can also be found widely in the South China Sea. Moreover, our discovery provides a new genus and species record in Singapore and represents the southern-most occurrence of the species in the Indo-Pacific. Despite the extensive survey efforts in Singapore over the last three decades, taxonomic studies integrating morphological and molecular methods remain instrumental in quantifying the actual coral species diversity.

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confidence: 83%

“…Our phylogeny reconstruction recovers the same genus clades as Arrigoni et al (2016a) and Huang et al (2016) (Fig. 2; see also Arrigoni et al 2016bArrigoni et al , 2019.…”

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confidence: 58%

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confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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New genus and species record of reef coral Micromussa amakusensis in the southern South China Sea

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Nguyen

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“…Benzoni et al 2011, 2012a, 2014; Gittenberger et al 2011; Huang et al 2011, 2014a, 2014b; Budd et al 2012; Arrigoni et al 2014a, 2017; Kitano et al 2014; Schmidt-Roach et al 2014; Terraneo et al 2016a, 2017). In particular, the family Lobophylliidae has received much attention recently with regard to its phylogeny (Arrigoni et al 2014b, 2015, 2016a, 2016b, 2018; Huang et al 2016). …”

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Complete mitochondrial genome of Echinophyllia aspera (Scleractinia, Lobophylliidae): Mitogenome characterization and phylogenetic positioning

Niu¹,

Yu²,

Tian³

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Lack of mitochondrial genome data of Scleractinia is hampering progress across genetic, systematic, phylogenetic, and evolutionary studies concerning this taxon. Therefore, in this study, the complete mitogenome sequence of the stony coral Echinophylliaaspera (Ellis & Solander, 1786), has been decoded for the first time by next generation sequencing and genome assembly. The assembled mitogenome is 17,697 bp in length, containing 13 protein coding genes (PCGs), two transfer RNAs and two ribosomal RNAs. It has the same gene content and gene arrangement as in other Scleractinia. All genes are encoded on the same strand. Most of the PCGs use ATG as the start codon except for ND2, which uses ATT as the start codon. The A+T content of the mitochondrial genome is 65.92% (25.35% A, 40.57% T, 20.65% G, and 13.43% for C). Bayesian and maximum likelihood phylogenetic analysis have been performed using PCGs, and the result shows that E.aspera clustered closely with Sclerophylliamaxima (Sheppard & Salm, 1988), both of which belong to Lobophylliidae, when compared with species belonging to Merulinidae and other scleractinian taxa used as outgroups. The complete mitogenome of E.aspera provides essential and important DNA molecular data for further phylogenetic and evolutionary analyses of corals.

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Microstructural characteristics of the stony coral genus Acropora useful to coral reef paleoecology and modern conservation

Zhao

Zhang

Zhong

et al. 2021

Ecology and Evolution

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Taxonomic classification of the reef coral family Lobophylliidae (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Scleractinia)

Cited by 36 publications

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New genus and species record of reef coral Micromussa amakusensis in the southern South China Sea

New genus and species record of reef coral Micromussa amakusensis in the southern South China Sea

Complete mitochondrial genome of Echinophyllia aspera (Scleractinia, Lobophylliidae): Mitogenome characterization and phylogenetic positioning

Microstructural characteristics of the stony coral genus Acropora useful to coral reef paleoecology and modern conservation

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