Journal
ZOOTAXA
Volume 4821, Issue 3, Pages 553-569Publisher
MAGNOLIA PRESS
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4821.3.7
Keywords
taxonomy; systematics; ultraconserved elements; targeted capture; igrN; phylogeny; Kimbe Bay
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- Australia's National Oceans Office
- CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
- New Zealand's Ministry of Fisheries
- National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
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Blastopathes medusa gen. nov., sp. nov., is described from Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea, based on morphological and molecular data. Blastopathes, assigned to the Antipathidae, is a large, mythology-inspiring black coral characterized by clusters of elongate stem-like branches that extend out at their base and then curve upward. Colonies are not pinnulate and contain single branches, which could represent new branch cluster formations. Morphological and molecular (mitochondrial DNA and targeted capture of nuclear loci) evidence supporting the establishment of a new genus is discussed. This is the first study to utilize the target capture of ultraconserved elements (UCEs) and exonic loci to elucidate phylogenetic relationships among black corals and to identify and place a new genus and species.
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