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- Title
Molecular phylogeny of some coral species from the Persian Gulf.
- Authors
Alidoost Salimi, Parisa; Ghavam Mostafavi, Pargol; Chen, Chaolun Allen; Pichon, Michel; Alidoost Salimi, Mahsa
- Abstract
As evolutionary relationships among some coral species still remain unclear, studies on unstudied area such as the Persian Gulf (PG), as part of the western Indo-Pacific, may reveal a better understanding of phylogenetic positions and relationships of corals. In the present study, the phylogenetic relationships of eight common coral species (Favites pentagona, Platygyra daedalea, Cyphastrea microphthalma, Siderastrea savignyana, Pavona decussata, Pavona cactus, Goniopora columna, and Goniopora djiboutiensis) collected from two Iranian Islands were compared with the congeneric sequences from the Indo-Pacific (IP) using rDNA region. The result shows that some coral species which were hitherto considered as representatives of widespread species from IP are related to distinct lineages. Further, it appears that morphological convergence between the taxa leads to an underestimation of the real coral species diversity in the PG. The current study is the first attempt to investigate the phylogenetic position of coral species from the PG in comparison to their counterparts from the IP. As conservation planning hinges on the identification of species, taxonomic revisions have to be undertaken in order to obtain a more reliable picture of coral species diversity in the PG.
- Subjects
PERSIAN Gulf; MOLECULAR phylogeny; CORALS; SPECIES; SPECIES diversity; CACTUS
- Publication
Molecular Biology Reports, 2021, Vol 48, Issue 3, p2993
- ISSN
0301-4851
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11033-021-06251-x