Fiesinger Anna, Held Christoph, Schmidt Andrea L, Putchim Lalita, Melzner Frank, Wall Marlene
GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel Kiel Germany.
Department of Biology University of Konstanz Konstanz Germany.
Ecol Evol. 2023 Nov 13;13(11):e10724. doi: 10.1002/ece3.10724. eCollection 2023 Nov.
(Linnaeus, 1758), a species complex, consists of several genetic lineages, some of which likely represent reproductively isolated species, including the species Lamarck, 1816. can exhibit similar morphological characteristics as , thus making it difficult to identify species-level taxonomic units. To determine whether the -like colonies on the reefs in the Andaman Sea (previously often identified as ) consist of different species, we sampled individual colonies at five sites along a 50 km coastal stretch at Phuket Island and four island sites towards Krabi Province, Thailand. We sequenced 210 coral samples for the mitochondrial open reading frame and identified six distinct haplotypes, all belonging to according to the literature. Recently, was observed to efficiently recolonize heat-damaged reefs in Thailand as well as globally, making it a potentially important coral species in future reefs. Specifically in the light of global change, this study underscores the importance of high-resolution molecular species recognition, since taxonomic units are important factors for population genetic studies, and the latter are crucial for management and conservation efforts.
（林奈，1758年），一个物种复合体，由几个遗传谱系组成，其中一些可能代表生殖隔离的物种，包括拉马克1816年命名的物种。 可能表现出与 相似的形态特征，因此难以识别物种水平的分类单元。为了确定安达曼海珊瑚礁上类似 的群体是否由不同物种组成，我们在泰国普吉岛沿50公里海岸带的五个地点以及朝向甲米府的四个岛屿地点采集了单个群体样本。我们对210个珊瑚样本的线粒体开放阅读框进行了测序，并鉴定出六种不同的单倍型，根据文献，所有这些单倍型都属于 。最近观察到 能够有效地在泰国以及全球范围内重新定殖受热破坏的珊瑚礁，使其成为未来珊瑚礁中潜在的重要珊瑚物种。特别是鉴于全球变化，本研究强调了高分辨率分子物种识别的重要性，因为分类单元是种群遗传学研究的重要因素，而种群遗传学研究对于管理和保护工作至关重要。
