Literature DB >> 30790794

The formerly enigmatic Unidentiidae in the limelight again: a new species of the genus Unidentia from Thailand (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia).

Tatiana Korshunova1, Rahul Mehrotra, Spencer Arnold, Kennet Lundin, Bernard Picton, Alexander Martynov.   

Abstract

An integrative molecular and morphological study is presented for the family Unidentiidae. Molecular phylogenetic analyses were conducted with the inclusion of all previous and newly obtained molecular data for the family Unidentiidae Millen Hermosillo 2012. A new species of the genus Unidentia Millen Hermosillo 2012, U. aliciae sp. nov., is described from Thailand as part of an inventory of sea slugs at Koh Tao. All up-to-date available morphological data for the species of the genus Unidentia is for the first time summarized. Morphological differences among the different species of Unidentia are clarified showing that every species has its own distinguishable morphological traits. According to the new molecular and morphological data, the family Unidentiidae is re-confirmed as a well-supported taxon of the aeolidacean nudibranchs. The taxonomy and phylogeny of the Aeolidacea in the light of the family Unidentiidae is briefly discussed and necessity of a fine-scale and narrowly-defined taxa approach instead of a ''superlumping'' one is highlighted.

Keywords:  Mollusca, morphological and molecular data, new species, nudibranchs, unidentiids

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Year:  2019        PMID: 30790794     DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4551.5.4

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Zootaxa        ISSN: 1175-5326            Impact factor:   1.091


  3 in total

1.  Fine-scale species delimitation: speciation in process and periodic patterns in nudibranch diversity.

Authors:  Tatiana Korshunova; Klas Malmberg; Jakov Prkić; Alen Petani; Karin Fletcher; Kennet Lundin; Alexander Martynov
Journal:  Zookeys       Date:  2020-03-09       Impact factor: 1.546

2.  Transcriptomics provides a robust framework for the relationships of the major clades of cladobranch sea slugs (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia), but fails to resolve the position of the enigmatic genus Embletonia.

Authors:  Dario Karmeinski; Karen Meusemann; Jessica A Goodheart; Michael Schroedl; Alexander Martynov; Tatiana Korshunova; Heike Wägele; Alexander Donath
Journal:  BMC Ecol Evol       Date:  2021-12-28

3.  Phestilla subodiosus sp. nov. (Nudibranchia, Trinchesiidae), a corallivorous pest species in the aquarium trade.

Authors:  Adam Wang; Inga Elizabeth Conti-Jerpe; John Lawrence Richards; David Michael Baker
Journal:  Zookeys       Date:  2020-02-05       Impact factor: 1.546

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