Molecular Identification and Phylogenetic Analysis of the Coral Pocillopora in the Gulf of Thailand
Keywords:
taxonomy, cryptic species, phylogenetic analysis, Pocillopora, Gulf of ThailandAbstract
Molecular genetic studies have showed cryptic species associated with the Pocillopora ‘damicornis-like’ coral. All specimens of this species in Thailand have been identified as P. damicornis, based on morphological characteristics. The objective of this study is to examine molecular genetic information for taxonomic identification of morphologically Pocillopora ‘damicornis-like’ coral in the Western Gulf of Thailand. The Pocillopora samples were investigated using mitochondrial DNA data and morphology. Molecular phylogenetic analyses showed that most Pocillopora ‘damicornis-like’ coral in the Western Gulf of Thailand are P. acuta instead of P. damicornis. Regional collaboration research programs should analyze genetic samples from reef sites in the Western Pacific region for a better understanding on historical distributions of P. acuta, P. damicornis and other cryptic coral species.
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Veron JEN (1995) Corals in Space and Time. UNSW Press, Sydney, 320 pp.
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Veron, JEN (2000) Corals of the world. The Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville.
Wells JW (1972 Notes on Indo-Pacific scleractinian corals. Part 8 scleractinian corals from Easter Island.
Yeemin T, Saenghaisuk C, Sutthacheep M, Pengsakun S, Klinthong W, Saengmanee K (2009) Conditions of coral communities in the Gulf of Thailand: a decade after the 1998 severe bleaching event. Galaxea 11: 207-217
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