Incongruence between morphotypes and genetically delimited species in the coral genus Stylophora: Phenotypic plasticity, morphological convergence, morphological stasis or interspecific hybridization?

BMC Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Flot, Jean François ^a,b,c,d   Blanchot, Jean ^e   Charpy, Loïc ^f   Cruaud, Corinne ^b   Licuanan, Wilfredo Y ^g   Nakano, Yoshikatsu ^h   Payri, Claude ⁱ   Tillier, Simon ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b CEA Fontenay aux Roses Bâtiment 61   (France)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^e STATION MARINE D ENDOUME   (France)

^f UMR LOBP   (French Polynesia)

^g DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

^h UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

ⁱ INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CORAL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYBRIDIZATION; MITOCHONDRION; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; INDIAN OCEAN; MADAGASCAR; MALAYSIA; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINES; QUEENSLAND; SOUTH CHINA SEA; TAIWAN;

ANTHOZOA; SCLERACTINIA; STYLOPHORA (CORAL); STYLOPHORA MORDAX; STYLOPHORA PISTILLATA;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; HYBRIDIZATION; INDIAN OCEAN; MADAGASCAR; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OPEN READING FRAME; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; BIODIVERSITY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; INDIAN OCEAN; MADAGASCAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 80053548008     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-11-22     Document Type: Article

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