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Species boundaries in the absence of morphological, ecological or geographical differentiation in the Red Sea octocoral genus Ovabunda (Alcyonacea: Xeniidae).
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Jul 2017
McFadden Catherine S, Haverkort-Yeh Roxanne, Reynolds Alexandra M, Halàsz Anna, Quattrini Andrea M, Forsman Zac H, Benayahu Yehuda, Toonen Robert J
Abstract excerpt
The development of coalescent-based and other multilocus methods for species delimitation has facilitated the identification of cryptic species complexes across the tree of life. A recent taxonomic revision of the ecologically important soft coral genus Ovabunda validated 11morphospecies, all with type localities and overlapping geographic ranges in the Red Sea. A subsequent molecular phylogenetic analysis using...
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