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.
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2018-09-20
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Michaloudi, Evangelia
Papakostas, Spiros
Stamou, Georgia
Neděla, Vilém
Tihlaříková, Eva
Zhang, Wei
Declerck, Steven A.J.
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Mark
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PLOS
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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.
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PLOS ONE. 2018, vol. 13, issue 9, p. 250-261.
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0203168
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0203168
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en