DNA barcoding of the soft coral, Clavularia inflata, shows two major groups across Indonesian coral reefs

Clavularia inflata was first described from Ternate Island, Indonesia in 1896 and later reported appeared from Japan and Taiwan in 1953.Clavularia (Blainville 1830) soft corals exhibit complex morphological traits that are difficult to differentiate, thus complicating their identification. DNA barco...

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Main Authors: Beginer Subhan, Dietriech G. Bengen, Sebastian C. A. Ferse, Fauzan Dzulfannazhir, Luzmi Malia Izza, Nurlita Putri Anggraini, Prakas Santoso, Dondy Arafat, Lalu M. Iqbal Sani, Hawis H. Madduppa
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Published: Diponegoro University; Association of Indonesian Coastal Management Experts 2022-02-01
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Online Access:https://ejournal.undip.ac.id/index.php/ijms/article/view/40536
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author Beginer Subhan
Dietriech G. Bengen
Sebastian C. A. Ferse
Fauzan Dzulfannazhir
Luzmi Malia Izza
Nurlita Putri Anggraini
Prakas Santoso
Dondy Arafat
Lalu M. Iqbal Sani
Hawis H. Madduppa
author_facet Beginer Subhan
Dietriech G. Bengen
Sebastian C. A. Ferse
Fauzan Dzulfannazhir
Luzmi Malia Izza
Nurlita Putri Anggraini
Prakas Santoso
Dondy Arafat
Lalu M. Iqbal Sani
Hawis H. Madduppa
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description Clavularia inflata was first described from Ternate Island, Indonesia in 1896 and later reported appeared from Japan and Taiwan in 1953.Clavularia (Blainville 1830) soft corals exhibit complex morphological traits that are difficult to differentiate, thus complicating their identification. DNA barcoding has been envisioned and actively pushed as a credible method for assigning unidentified specimens to known species by comparison to a molecular reference data database. Thus, the purpose of this study was to use molecular methods to confirm the identity of 25 colonies taken from 13 Indonesian coral reef sites and putatively identified as Clavularia inflata. All specimens were identified as Clavularia inflata molecularly using the mitochondrial DNA mtMuts gene. Although a comparison of the nucleotide base chains to Genbank data indicates that the samples belong to a single species, two clades in the phylogenetic tree and data from the Automatic Barcode Gap Discovery (ABGD) indicate that there are two major groups of C. inflata in Indonesia, implying cryptic species.
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spelling doaj-art-8abf5a30918d40b8a1b1793fe890e9632025-08-20T03:31:12ZengDiponegoro University; Association of Indonesian Coastal Management ExpertsIlmu Kelautan0853-72912406-75982022-02-0127111210.14710/ik.ijms.27.1.1-1219908DNA barcoding of the soft coral, Clavularia inflata, shows two major groups across Indonesian coral reefsBeginer Subhan0Dietriech G. Bengen1Sebastian C. A. Ferse2Fauzan Dzulfannazhir3Luzmi Malia Izza4Nurlita Putri Anggraini5Prakas Santoso6Dondy Arafat7Lalu M. Iqbal Sani8Hawis H. Madduppa9Department of Marine Science and Technology, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, IPB University, IndonesiaDepartment of Marine Science and Technology, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, IPB University, IndonesiaLeibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT), Bremen, Germany, GermanyDepartment of Marine Science and Technology, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, IPB University, IndonesiaDepartment of Marine Science and Technology, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science, IPB University, IndonesiaDepartment of Marine Science and Technology, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, IPB University, IndonesiaDepartment of Marine Science and Technology, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, IPB University, IndonesiaDepartment of Marine Science and Technology, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, IPB University, IndonesiaOceanogen Environmental Biotechnology Laboklinikum, IndonesiaDepartment of Marine Science and Technology, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, IPB University, IndonesiaClavularia inflata was first described from Ternate Island, Indonesia in 1896 and later reported appeared from Japan and Taiwan in 1953.Clavularia (Blainville 1830) soft corals exhibit complex morphological traits that are difficult to differentiate, thus complicating their identification. DNA barcoding has been envisioned and actively pushed as a credible method for assigning unidentified specimens to known species by comparison to a molecular reference data database. Thus, the purpose of this study was to use molecular methods to confirm the identity of 25 colonies taken from 13 Indonesian coral reef sites and putatively identified as Clavularia inflata. All specimens were identified as Clavularia inflata molecularly using the mitochondrial DNA mtMuts gene. Although a comparison of the nucleotide base chains to Genbank data indicates that the samples belong to a single species, two clades in the phylogenetic tree and data from the Automatic Barcode Gap Discovery (ABGD) indicate that there are two major groups of C. inflata in Indonesia, implying cryptic species.https://ejournal.undip.ac.id/index.php/ijms/article/view/40536molecular taxonomyphylogenyoctocoralliadna barcoding
spellingShingle Beginer Subhan
Dietriech G. Bengen
Sebastian C. A. Ferse
Fauzan Dzulfannazhir
Luzmi Malia Izza
Nurlita Putri Anggraini
Prakas Santoso
Dondy Arafat
Lalu M. Iqbal Sani
Hawis H. Madduppa
DNA barcoding of the soft coral, Clavularia inflata, shows two major groups across Indonesian coral reefs
Ilmu Kelautan
molecular taxonomy
phylogeny
octocorallia
dna barcoding
title DNA barcoding of the soft coral, Clavularia inflata, shows two major groups across Indonesian coral reefs
title_full DNA barcoding of the soft coral, Clavularia inflata, shows two major groups across Indonesian coral reefs
title_fullStr DNA barcoding of the soft coral, Clavularia inflata, shows two major groups across Indonesian coral reefs
title_full_unstemmed DNA barcoding of the soft coral, Clavularia inflata, shows two major groups across Indonesian coral reefs
title_short DNA barcoding of the soft coral, Clavularia inflata, shows two major groups across Indonesian coral reefs
title_sort dna barcoding of the soft coral clavularia inflata shows two major groups across indonesian coral reefs
topic molecular taxonomy
phylogeny
octocorallia
dna barcoding
url https://ejournal.undip.ac.id/index.php/ijms/article/view/40536
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