Concordance between phylogeographic and biogeographic boundaries in the Coral Triangle: conservation implications based on comparative analyses of multiple giant clam species

Magnificent dimensions, varied forms, and brilliant colors: the molecular ecology and evolution of the Indian and Pacific oceans

“…al 2014). Underscoring the importance of genetics for revealing cryptic species (see von der Heyden et al 2014) a number of distinct cryptic lineages are described here from corals , giant clams (Deboer et al 2014a), andgoatfish (szabó et al 2014), as well promising approaches for using corallite morphology to identify genetic lineages in corals (Marti-Puig et al 2014).…”

“…several papers undertake a comparative approach as advocated by bowen et al (2014), identifying concordant genetic structure across multiple species , Deboer et al 2014a, Iacchei et al 2014, Jackson et al 2014, skillings et al 2014 or across different classes of genetic markers (concepcion 2014(concepcion , Deboer et al 2014b. two studies are notable for finding surprisingly high levels of genetic structure in putatively high dispersal taxa: a coral with long-lived larvae (concepcion et al 2014) and five species of pelagic fishes (Jackson et al 2014).…”

“…For example, what is the dominant mode of speciation in the sea? There are few obvious barriers that could limit gene flow via larval dispersal to the levels required for allopatric speciation, but the number of known species is growing as more and more cryptic lineages are sequenced (Knowlton 2000, barber and boyce 2000, Huelsken et al 2013; for examples in this issue see Deboer et al 2014a, szabo et al 2014). However, trans-oceanic gene flow at evolutionary timescales can create long-term effective population sizes that reach well into the millions (crandall et al 2008a, 2008b).…”

Significance of new records ofTridacna squamosaLamarck, 1819, in the Tuamotu and Gambier Archipelagos (French Polynesia)

“…The genus Tridacna currently includes Tridacna squamosa Lamarck, 1819, Tridacna maxima (Röding, 1798), Tridacna crocea, Lamarck 1819, Tridacna derasa (Röding, 1798), Tridacna gigas (Linnaeus, 1758), Tridacna mbalavuana Ladd, 1934, Tridacna rosewateri Sirenko and Scarlato, 1991, Tridacna squamosina Sturany, 1899and Tridacna noae (Röding, 1798. The taxonomy and phylogeography of Tridacna is currently experiencing substantial revisions: for example, a distinct clade of T. maxima, recently found from Taiwan south to the Solomon Islands (Huelsken et al 2013;DeBoer et al 2014a), is now the resurrected T. noae (Su et al 2014). Tridacna costata (Roa-Quiaoit, Kochzius, Jantzen, Zibdah, Richter, 2008), described from the Red Sea, was synonymised with Tridacna squamosina by Huber and Eschner (2011).…”

“…More changes may be * Corresponding author. Email: serge.andrefouet@ird.fr expected, given the identification of cryptic species from the Coral Triangle using molecular techniques (Huelsken et al 2013;DeBoer et al 2008DeBoer et al , 2014aDeBoer et al , 2014b. This area comprises most of Malaysia and Indonesia, as well as Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Timor Leste and the Solomon Islands.…”