scholarly journals Two newly recorded invasive alien ascidians (Chordata, Tunicata, Ascidiacea) based on morphological and molecular phylogenetic analysis in Korea

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3368 (1) ◽  
pp. 211 ◽  
Author(s):  
JOOYEON PYO ◽  
TAEKJUN LEE ◽  
SOOK SHIN
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Molecular Analysis ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
18S Rdna ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Korea Strait ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Distinct Features ◽  
First Time

We report five alien ascidians with some distinct features that were investigated from August 2009 to October 2011 in Korea, among which Ascidiella aspersa (Müller, 1776) belonging to family Ascidiidae of order Phlebobranchia and Molgula manhattensis (De Kay, 1843) belonging to family Molgulidae of order Stolidobranchia are newly discovered invasive species. These ascidians were identified and their phylogenetic relationships were clarified through molecular analysis using about 680 bp of nuclear 18S rDNA and about 670 bp of mt-COI genes along with detailed morphological characteristics, and reported for the first time in Korea. It was discovered that A. aspersa was widespread three coastlines of Korea except Jeju Island, and M. manhattensis first found in Mokpo, Gunsan, and Incheon in June 2010 extended into Busan of Korea Strait in 2011.

Phylogeny of Phyllachora species on bamboo and P. cephalostachyi sp. nov. from China

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 514 (2) ◽  
pp. 158-166
Author(s):  
XIAO-LING LI ◽  
HAI-YING YU ◽  
XI LUO ◽  
HAO WU ◽  
CHUN-YAN ZHAO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Species Diversity ◽  
Phylogenetic Tree ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Full Description ◽  
High Species Diversity ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic

Thirty-seven Phyllachora specimens were collected in China and examined for morphological characteristics. A molecular phylogenetic analysis based on a combined sequence dataset of ITS and LSU was also undertaken. Phyllachora cephalostachyi sp. nov. on Cephalostachyum pergracile is described based on its distinct phylogenetic relationships and a comparison of its morphological characteristics with known Phyllachora species on bamboo. Our results indicate a high species diversity of Phyllachora on bamboo in China. A full description and colour photographs of micro-characters are provided for the new species. A phylogenetic tree to show placement of the new species, and a table to compare morphology of the Phyllachora species reported on bamboo are also provided.

Rediscovery of Dacrymyces pezizoides (Dacrymycetes, Basidiomycota) 80 years after its original description

Phytotaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 371 (5) ◽  
pp. 293 ◽  
Author(s):  
TAKASHI SHIROUZU ◽  
KOJIN SANJO
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Original Description ◽  
Fruiting Bodies ◽  
Its Regions ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
The Dead ◽  
First Time ◽  
Warm Temperate ◽  
Lsu Nrdna

Dacrymyces pezizoides has been rediscovered for the first time since its original description in 1939. Dacrymycetous fruiting bodies recently collected from the dead branches of broad-leaved trees in Japan were identified as D. pezizoides based on their morphological characteristics, i.e., turbinate or discoid basidiocarps, hyphae without clamp connections, thick-walled marginal hyphae, and 3-septate basidiospores. Molecular phylogenetic analysis based on the LSU nrDNA and ITS regions revealed that D. pezizoides forms a clade with other Dacrymyces spp., such as D. stillatus and D. chrysospermus, and Guepiniopsis buccina. Dacrymyces pezizoides is considered to form basidiocarps in autumn on the dead branches of broad-leaved trees in warm-temperate areas of Japan.

scholarly journals New species and records of Chapsa (Graphidaceae) in China

MycoKeys ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 85 ◽  
pp. 73-85
Author(s):  
Ming-Zhu Dou ◽  
Min Li ◽  
Ze-Feng Jia
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Phenotypic Traits ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Chemical Traits ◽  
First Time

We studied the genus Chapsa in China based on morphological characteristics, chemical traits and molecular phylogenetic analysis. One species new to science (C. murioelongata M.Z. Dou & M. Li) and two records new to China were found (C. wolseleyana Weerakoon, Lumbsch & Lücking and C. niveocarpa Mangold). Chapsa murioelongatasp. nov. is characterised by its lobed thalline margin, orange discs with white pruina, clear hymenium, and submuriform and long ascospores. Chapsa wolseleyana was recombined into Astrochapsa based on phenotypic traits. Sequences of this species are for the first time reported here and phylogenetic analyses of three loci (mtSSU, ITS and nuLSU) supported the position of this species within Chapsa. A key for the Chapsa species known in China is provided.

Hemiflagellochloris (Chlorophyceae, Chlorophyta), a new for Russian flora genus of green algae

2014 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 104-113
Author(s):  
A. D. Temraleeva ◽  
E. V. Mincheva ◽  
Yu. S. Bukin ◽  
M. V. Eltsov ◽  
V. A. Demkin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Green Algae ◽  
Molecular Analysis ◽  
18S Rdna ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Rdna Gene ◽  
Algal Strain ◽  
The North ◽  
Volgograd Region ◽  
First Time ◽  
18S Rdna Gene

The genus Hemiflagellochloris Watanabe et al. was found in Russia for the first time. The algal strain was isolated from a buried solonetz in the zone of dry steppes (the north-end of Ergeni Hills, Volgograd Region). The morphology and ecology of this isolate are described. Its phylogenetic position within Chlorophyceae is determined by molecular analysis of 18S rDNA gene.

Molecular insights into the phylogenetic placement of the poorly known genus Niceforonia Goin & Cochran, 1963 (Anura: Brachycephaloidea)

Zootaxa ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 4514 (4) ◽  
pp. 487
Author(s):  
ANDRÉS R. ACOSTA-GALVIS ◽  
JEFFREY W. STREICHER ◽  
LUIGI MANUELLI ◽  
TRAVIS CUDDY ◽  
RAFAEL O. DE SÁ
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New World ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Phylogenetic Inference ◽  
Genetic Distances ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Phylogenetic Placement ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
First Time

Among New World direct-developing frogs belonging to the clade Brachycephaloidea (= Terraranae), there are several genera with uncertain phylogenetic placements. One notable example is the genus Niceforonia Goin & Cochran 1963, which includes three species that are endemic to Colombia. Three specimens of the species Niceforonia nana were collected and for the first time the genus is included in a molecular phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial (mtDNA; 12S and 16S) and nuclear (nucDNA; TYR and RAG1) markers. Molecular phylogenetic inference based on concatenated and separate mtDNA and nucDNA analyses recovered Niceforonia nana nested within Hypodactylus Hedges et al. 2008, rendering the latter genus paraphyletic. Consequently, herein we place the genus Hypodactylus in the synonymy of Niceforonia to resolve the paraphyly and place Niceforonia in the subfamily Hypodactylinae. Based on our revised concept of the genus Niceforonia we conducted preliminary morphological comparisons using specimens and literature descriptions. Finally, Nicefornia nana is quite divergent from other species of Niceforonia (uncorrected genetic distances of ca. 10% 16S and 7% TYR) suggesting that further taxonomic revision may be warranted. 

scholarly journals Molecular analysis of populations of the invasive species Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Olivier, 1790 (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in the Region of Murcia (Spain)

2017 ◽  
pp. 155-176
Author(s):  
Miguel Lozano-Terol ◽  
María Juliana Rodríguez-García ◽  
José Galián
Keyword(s):  
Invasive Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
Cytochrome C ◽  
Cytochrome C Oxidase ◽  
Molecular Analysis ◽  
Cox1 Gene ◽  
Rhynchophorus Ferrugineus ◽  
Phylogeographic Analysis ◽  
Oxidase Subunit

En este estudio se analizan dos fragmentos del gen de la citocromo c oxidasa subunidad I (COX1) del ADN mitocondrial de 61 individuos del género Rhynchophorus colectados en la Región de Murcia a fin de determinar su procedencia. El análisis filogenético del fragmento 1 de las muestras de la Región de Murcia conjuntamente con las secuencias disponibles en GenBank indica que los individuos corresponden a la especie Rhynchophorus ferrugineus.Las secuencias de Murcia se colapsan en un único haplotipo (H8 mediterráneo) que aparece dentro del clado de R. ferrugineus. De los análisis filogeográficos se infiere que el origen de los individuos de Murcia es Egipto. Adicionalmente, se examinó una región contigua del COX1 (fragmento 2) en la que las secuencias se colapsaron en dos haplotipos. In this research two fragments of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COX1) gene of the mitochondrial DNA were analyzed in 61 individuals of the genus Rhynchophorus collected in the Region of Murcia with the aim of determining their origin. Phylogenetic analysis of fragment 1 of the samples collected in the Region of Murcia together with the available sequences in GenBank, indicated that these individuals correspond to the species R. ferrugineus. Sequences from Murcia collapsed into the H8 Mediterranean haplotype, which cluster into the R. ferrugineus clade. Phylogeographic analysis shows that the origin of the individuals collected in the Region of Murcia is Egypt. Additionally, a contiguous fragment of COX1 (fragment 2) was analyzed and the sequences collapsed into two haplotypes.

Cortinarius khinganensis (Agaricales), a new species of section Illumini from Northeast China

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 500 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
MENG-LE XIE ◽  
TIE-ZHENG WEI ◽  
BÁLINT DIMA ◽  
YONG-PING FU ◽  
RUI-QING JI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Northeast China ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Sensu Stricto ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
A New Species

This study presents one telamonioid species new to science based on morphological characteristics and molecular phylogenetic analyses. Cortinarius khinganensis was collected from the Greater Khingan Mountains, Northeast China and it is characterized by hygrophanous, vivid brownish red and striate pileus, white universal veil, and subglobose spores. According to phylogenetic analyses results, C. khinganensis belongs to the section Illumini, which is a lineage distantly related from subgenus Telamonia sensu stricto. Detailed descriptions of the new species and the comparisons with morphologically similar species are provided. The phylogenetic relationships within the section Illumini are also discussed.

Polyphasic reassessment of a yellow rice fungus, Penicillium toxicarium

Nova Hedwigia ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 111 (3) ◽  
pp. 459-472
Author(s):  
Yoshitsugu Sugiura ◽  
Maiko Watanabe ◽  
Naoki Kobayashi
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Short Communication ◽  
Morphological Characteristics ◽  
Taxonomic Position ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Latin Diagnosis ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Toxigenic Fungus ◽  
Unique Clade ◽  
Latin Description

From historical strain records, Penicillium citreonigrum NBRC 4692 was originally isolated as the toxigenic fungus responsible for the yellow rice incident in Japan in 1937. The fungus was named Penicillium toxicarium by I. Miyake, which was considered invalid due to the lack of a Latin diagnosis. Initially, it was named Penicillium sp. by Miyake et al. in 1940. Subsequently, P. toxicarium, which was erroneously cited as synonym of P. citreo-viride, was validated by C. Ramírez in 1982 with a Latin diagnosis and type designation (CBS 351.51). Later, CBS 351.51 was assigned to Penicillium trzebinskii by Houbraken et al. in 2014. In 2016, P. toxicarium was treated as a synonym of Penicillium citreosulfuratum based on a conclusion of molecular phylogenetic analysis. Recently, we discovered the taxonomic and nomenclatural short communication (in Japanese) by I. Miyake in 1947 on P. toxicarium sp. nov. with its Latin description and four illustrations but lacking the type designation. In this paper, we re-examined strain NBRC 4692 for its current taxonomic position based on morphological characteristics and molecular phylogenetic analysis. NBRC 4692 (received from I. Miyake in 1951) has been found to have the same morphological characteristics as P. toxicarium, as was shown in Miyake's diagnosis in 1947. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that the NBRC strain belongs to a unique clade, different from the clade comprising P. citreosulfuratum strains. As a conclusion, herein, P. toxicarium I. Miyake (1947) is reinstated as a correct name with the lectotype designation.

Redescription of Clubiona blesti Forster, 1979 (Araneae: Clubionidae) with a preliminary molecular phylogeny of New Zealand Clubiona

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3277 (1) ◽  
pp. 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
JAGOBA MALUMBRES-OLARTE ◽  
COR J. VINK
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Wide Distribution ◽  
Dispersal Ability ◽  
Mtdna Sequences ◽  
Limited Sample ◽  
Limited Sample Size ◽  
Geographic Structure ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
First Time

The New Zealand spider Clubiona blesti Forster, 1979 is redescribed, with the male described for the first time, and a pre-liminary molecular phylogenetic analysis of cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) mtDNA sequences for eight species ofNew Zealand Clubiona and an outgroup from Tasmania is presented.There is considerable intraspecific variation in C. blesti, both genetic and in the morphology of copulatory organs,which may be explained by its wide distribution. The lack of a geographic structure based on consistent differences be-tween populations may suggest great dispersal ability. Given the limited sample size, further sampling and data on addi-tional genetic markers will be necessary to confirm this.The phylogenetic analysis of seven more species indicated that Clubiona cambridgei is the sister species of C. blestiand confirmed the existence of at least two monophyletic groups among the New Zealand Clubiona: species with a striped abdomen and with a spotted abdomen.

Description of adults and larvae of Orientelmis parvula (Nomura & Baba, 1961) (Coleoptera: Elmidae) with their molecular phylogenetic analysis

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4568 (3) ◽  
pp. 483 ◽  
Author(s):  
MASAKAZU HAYASHI ◽  
HIROYUKI YOSHITOMI ◽  
YUUKI KAMITE ◽  
TAKUYA KOBAYASHI ◽  
TEIJI SOTA
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Electron Microscope ◽  
Systematic Position ◽  
Larval Morphology ◽  
Mitochondrial Coi ◽  
Rare And Endangered Species ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Rare And Endangered ◽  
First Time ◽  
Scanning Electron

The elmid beetle Orientelmis parvula (Nomura & Baba, 1961) is a rare and endangered species in Japan. Mouth parts and genitalia in adults of both sexes and larval morphology are described based on scanning electron microscope observations. The larva of the genus Orientelmis Shepard, 1998 is described for the first time. The systematic position of the genus is discussed based on the morphology and a phylogenetic tree inferred from the mitochondrial COI, and nuclear ArgK and 18S gene sequences. A new key for larvae of known species and genera of Japanese Elmidae is given. 

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