Integrative species delimitation in the common ophiuroid Ophiothrix angulata (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea): insights from COI, ITS2, arm coloration, and geometric morphometrics
Autor
Hernández-Díaz, Yoalli Quetzalli
Solis, Francisco
Beltrán-López, Rosa G.
Benítez, Hugo A.
Díaz-Jaimes, Píndaro
Paulay, Gustav
Fecha
2023Resumen
Ophiothrix angulata (Say, 1825) is one of the most common and well-known ophiuroids
in the Western Atlantic, with a wide geographic and bathymetric range. The taxonomy
of this species has been controversial for a century because of its high morphological
variability. Here we integrate information from DNA sequence data, color patterns, and
geometric morphometrics to assess species delimitation and geographic differentiation
in O. angulata. We found three deeply divergent mtDNA-COI clades (K2P 17.0–27.9%). ITS2 nuclear gene and geometric morphometrics of dorsal and ventral arm plates differentiate one of these lineages, as do integrative species delineation analyses, making this a confirmed candidate species.
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PeerJ, 11, e15655Link de Acceso
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