{"refrec":{"BRefID":141921,"RR":"<b>Borrero-Pérez, G.; Pérez-Ruzafa, A.; Marcos, C.; González-Wangüemert, M.</b> (2009). The taxonomic status of some Atlanto-Mediterranean species in the subgenus <i>Holothuria</i> (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Holothuriidae) based on molecular evidence. <i>Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 157(1)</i>: 51-69. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00529.x\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00529.x</a>","BEntID":135195,"PublicFlag":1,"CheckedFlag":1,"wosflag":1,"vabbflag":0,"RefStringPartII":". <i>Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 157(1)</i>: 51-69. <a href=\"https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00529.x\" target=\"_blank\">https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00529.x</a>","DocTypID":8,"DocType":"Journal article","MarineFlag":1,"FreshFlag":0,"BrackishFlag":0,"TerrestrialFlag":0,"Authorstring":"Borrero-Pérez, G.; Pérez-Ruzafa, A.; Marcos, C.; González-Wangüemert, M.","OrigTitleTranslFlag":0,"Authorstringtrunc":"Borrero-Pérez, G. <i>et al.</i>","Englishabstract":"Molecular and morphological data were used to evaluate the taxonomic status of the species <span class=\"i\">Holothuria tubulosa</span><a href=\"#b305\">Gmelin, 1790</a>, <span class=\"i\">Holothuria stellati</span><a href=\"#b304\">Delle Chiaje, 1823</a>, <span class=\"i\">Holothuria mammata</span><a href=\"#b306\">Grube, 1840</a>, and <span class=\"i\">Holothuria dakarensis</span> Panning, 1939, belonging to the nominate subgenus <span class=\"i\">Holothuria (Holothuria)</span> (family Holothuriidae) from the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean. A 16S rRNA marker distinguished three well-supported clades with clear genetic differentiation amongst them. The morphometric characters, although they reflected the clades, showed great variability, and some specimens from different clades overlapped. The morphological data and the literature suggest that the clades correspond to <span class=\"i\">H. dakarensis</span> (from Cape Verde Islands), <span class=\"i\">H. mammata</span> (from the Atlanto-Mediterranean area) and <span class=\"i\">H. tubulosa</span> (from the Mediterranean Sea). <span class=\"i\">Holothuria stellati</span> is considered here to be a junior subjective synonym of <span class=\"i\">H. tubulosa</span>. Great morphological intraspecific variation within <span class=\"i\">H. tubulosa</span> and <span class=\"i\">H. mammata</span> explains the confusion in the literature. <span class=\"i\">Holothuria tubulosa</span> includes specimens with distinctive ossicles, but others are similar to <span class=\"i\">H. mammata</span>. In these cases, the presence or absence of Cuvierian tubules proved a reliable indicator to the identity of these species; unfortunately this character is difficult to assess in preserved material. According to the results of discriminant analysis we propose a set of ossicle morphometric variables that permit the optimum assignation of individuals to the clades. Our results present a new perspective on the taxonomic status of species in <span class=\"i\">Holothuria (Holothuria)</span>, and show how a molecular approach, combined with a morphological approach, can solve taxonomic problems.","AbstractOtherLang":null,"BibLvlCode":"AS","StandardTitle":"The taxonomic status of some Atlanto-Mediterranean species in the subgenus <i>Holothuria</i> (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Holothuriidae) based on molecular evidence","OrigTitleLangCode":"en","OrigTitleLangCodeExtended":"eng","OrigTitleLangID":15,"DateLastModified":{"date":"2026-04-21 01:31:50.888964","timezone_type":1,"timezone":"+02:00"},"UserAccessRight":null,"UserAccID":null,"AuthorKeywords":"16S rRNA gene; Macaronesia; Mediterranean Sea; ossicle morphometry","OtherDescriptors":null,"Notes":null,"AnaPub":2009,"MonPub":null,"DateUpdate":"2020-09-07","DateCreate":"2009-11-06","SecASFANote":null,"ConfID":null,"PeerRev":1,"VlizCoreFlag":1,"WoScode":"WOS:000269395500004","VABBcode":null,"OpenAcc":1,"DOI":"10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00529.x"},"refs":null,"anarec":{"AnaID":141921,"PubliDate":2009,"Pagination":"51-69","XtraPublOfAnaID":null,"ISBN":null,"Volume":"157","Issue":"1","BRefMon":null,"BRefMonRR":null,"BRefXtra":null,"BRefXtraRR":null,"SerBRefID":45039,"SerRR":"Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 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