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The DNA barcoding of Mediterranean combtooth blennies suggests the paraphyly of some taxa (Perciformes,Blenniidae) |
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| Authors: | Luca Vecchioni Federico Marrone Eya Belaiba Francesco Tiralongo Lilia Bahri-Sfar Marco Arculeo |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (STEBICEF), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy;2. Department of Biological, Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies (STEBICEF), University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy Département de Biologie, Unité de Recherche Biologie Intégrative et Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive des milieux Aquatiques, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Université Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia;3. Ente Fauna Marina Mediterranea, Avola, Italy;4. Département de Biologie, Unité de Recherche Biologie Intégrative et Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive des milieux Aquatiques, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Université Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisia |
| Abstract: | A dataset including novel and publicly available mtDNA COI sequences of 14 Mediterranean combtooth blenny species belonging to nine genera was assembled in order to provide a reference dataset for DNA barcoding studies. Some inconsistencies in the current taxonomy of some genera were observed. In particular, the monophyly of the genera Parablennius and Salaria is not supported by the present dataset and the absence of reciprocal monophyly between the morphospecies Salaria basilisca and S. pavo questions their status and stresses the need of a revision of the genus Salaria. |
| Keywords: | automatic barcode gap discovery (ABGD) barcode of life database (BOLD) Parablennius paraphyly Salaria |