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 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 06340Connecticut USA Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Moss Landing 95039California USA 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 South Sea Environment Research Division Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology Geoje 656-834 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 Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology University of Guelph Guelph N1G2W1ON Canada Department of Life Sciences Natural History Museum London SW75BD United Kingdom State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Sciences Institute of Marine Microbes and Ecospheres Xiamen University Xiamen 361102 China School of Life Science South China Normal University Guangzhou 510631 China Department of Ecology and Evolution University of Salzburg Salzburg A-5020 Austria |
Palabras clave: | Ciliates; DNA barcoding; Ecology; Morphology; Phylogeny; Taxonomy |
Año: | 2016 |
DOI: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jeu.12303 |
Título revista: | Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology |
Título revista abreviado: | J. Eukaryotic Microbiol. |
ISSN: | 10665234 |
CODEN: | JEMIE |
Registro: | https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_10665234_v_n_p_Santoferrara |