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Reverse taxonomy applied to the Brachionus calyciflorus cryptic species complex: Morphometric analysis confirms species delimitations revealed by molecular phylogenetic analysis and allows the (re) description of four species
- 1.0494181 - ÚPT 2019 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Michaloudi, E. - Papakostas, S. - Stamou, G. - Neděla, Vilém - Tihlaříková, Eva - Zhang, W. - Declerck, S. A. J.
Reverse taxonomy applied to the Brachionus calyciflorus cryptic species complex: Morphometric analysis confirms species delimitations revealed by molecular phylogenetic analysis and allows the (re) description of four species.
PLoS ONE. Roč. 13, č. 9 (2018), č. článku e0203168. ISSN 1932-6203. E-ISSN 1932-6203
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT(CZ) LO1212; GA MŠMT ED0017/01/01
Institutional support: RVO:68081731
Keywords : integrative taxonomy * plicatilis rotifera * dna taxonomy * diversity
OECD category: Biodiversity conservation
Impact factor: 2.776, year: 2018
The discovery and exploration of cryptic species have been profoundly expedited thanks to developments in molecular biology and phylogenetics. In this study, we apply a reverse taxonomy approach to the Brachionus calyciflorus species complex, a commonly studied freshwater monogonont rotifer. By combining phylogenetic, morphometric and morphological analyses, we confirm the existence of four cryptic species that have been recently suggested by a molecular study. Based on these results and according to an exhaustive review of the taxonomic literature, we name each of these four species and provide their taxonomic description alongside a diagnostic key.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0287432
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