Species determination is crucial in biodiversity research. In tintinnids, identification is based almost exclusively on the lorica, despite its frequent intraspecific variability and interspecific similarity. We suggest updated procedures for identification and, depending on the aim of the study, further steps to obtain morphological, molecular, and ecological data. Our goal is to help improving the collection of information (e.g. species re-/descriptions and DNA barcodes) that is essential for generating a natural tintinnid classification and a reliable reference for environmental surveys. These suggestions are broadly useful for protistologists because they exemplify data integration, quality/effort compromise, and the need for scientific collaborations. © 2016 The Author(s) Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology © 2016 International Society of Protistologists.
Documento: | Artículo |
Título: | Updating Biodiversity Studies in Loricate Protists: The Case of the Tintinnids (Alveolata, Ciliophora, Spirotrichea) |
Autor: | Santoferrara, L.F.; Bachy, C.; Alder, V.A.; Gong, J.; Kim, Y.-O.; Saccà, A.; da Silva Neto, I.D.; Strüder-Kypke, M.C.; Warren, A.; Xu, D.; Yi, Z.; Agatha, S. |
Filiación: | Department of Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut, Groton, Connecticut, 06340, USA, United States Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, Moss Landing, California, 95039, USA, United States Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires (UBA-CONICET) y Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, C1428EHA, Argentina Instituto Antártico Argentino, Dirección Nacional del Antártico, Buenos Aires, C1010AAZ, Argentina Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yantai, 264003, China, China South Sea Environment Research Division, Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology, Geoje, 656-834, Korea, South Korea Dipartimento di Scienze Biologiche e Ambientali, Università degli Studi di Messina, Messina, 98166, Italy Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, 21941-590, Brazil, Brazil Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, N1G2W1, Canada, Canada Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, SW75BD, United Kingdom, United Kingdom State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Sciences, Institute of Marine Microbes and Ecospheres, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361102, China, China School of Life Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China, China Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, A-5020, Austria, Austria |
Palabras clave: | ciliates; DNA barcoding; ecology; morphology; phylogeny; taxonomy; protozoal DNA; biodiversity; ciliate; DNA; ecomorphology; genetic analysis; intraspecific variation; phylogeny; taxonomy; Alveolata; animal; biodiversity; ciliate; classification; cytology; DNA barcoding; ecology; genetics; isolation and purification; phylogeny; species difference; Alveolata; Animals; Biodiversity; Ciliophora; Classification; DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic; DNA, Protozoan; Ecology; Phylogeny; Species Specificity; Alveolata; Ciliophora; Lorica; Protista; Spirotrichea; Tintinnida |
Año: | 2016 |
Volumen: | 63 |
Número: | 5 |
Página de inicio: | 651 |
Página de fin: | 656 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12303 |
Título revista: | The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology |
Título revista abreviado: | J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. |
ISSN: | 15507408 |
CODEN: | JEMIE |
CAS: | DNA, Protozoan |
Registro: | https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_15507408_v63_n5_p651_Santoferrara |