A multidisciplinary approach to the definition of species boundaries in branching species of the coral genus Psammocora (Cnidaria, Scleractinia)

• Published in: Zoologica scripta Vol. 37; no. 1; pp. 71 - 91
• Main Authors: Stefani, Fabrizio, Benzoni, Francesca, Pichon, Michel, Cancelliere, Carlotta, Galli, Paolo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2008
• Subjects: Cnidaria; Galli; Marine; Psammocora; Psammocora contigua; Psammocora stellata; Scleractinia; I, Indo-Pacific; ISW, Indian Ocean; Indo-Pacific Region; ISW, Indian Ocean, Comoro Is., Mayotte

The Indo‐Pacific coral genus Psammocora Dana (1846) has never been formally revised, and its phylogeny has only been partially explored. Several synonymies have been proposed for the 11 nominal species which have highly plastic branching growth forms. In the present study, the definition of genetic...