Resolution of the Portunus gladiator species complex: taxonomic status and identity of Monomia gladiator (Fabricius, 1798) and Monomia haanii (Stimpson, 1858) (Brachyura, Decapoda, Portunidae)

• Published in: ZooKeys Vol. 858; pp. 11 - 43
• Main Authors: Windsor, Amanda M., Mendoza, Jose Christopher E., Deeds, Jonathan R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sofia Pensoft Publishers 01.07.2019
• Subjects: Comparative analysis; crab meat; crabs; Decapoda; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; DNA barcoding; fish industry; Food and Drug Administration; Goniosupradens paucidentata; homonym; Labeling; markets; Meat; Nomenclature; Nucleotide sequence; Phylogeny; Portunus; Seafood; Species; Swimming; Taxonomy; Zoology; United States > US

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recently adopted DNA barcoding for the purpose of determining the species identity of commercial seafood products. This effort has revealed instances of incongruence between current scientifically accepted taxon names and those utilized by the...