Molecular and morphological congruence of three new crypticNeopetrosiaspp. in the Caribbean

Author:

Vicente Jan1ORCID,Ríos Jaime Andrés2,Zea Sven3,Toonen Robert J.1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology, Kāne‘ohe, HI, USA

2. Universidad Nacional de Colombia—Sede Bogotá—Departamento de Biología, Ciudad Universitaria, Bogotá, Colombia

3. Universidad Nacional de Colombia—Sede Caribe—Instituto de Estudios en Ciencias del Mar–CECIMAR, c/o INVEMAR, Rodadero Sur, Playa Salguero, Santa Marta, Colombia

Abstract

Neopetrosia proxima(Porifera: Demospongiae: Haplosclerida) is described as a morphologically variable sponge common on shallow reefs of the Caribbean. However, the range of morphological and reproductive variation within putativeN. proximaled us to hypothesize that such variability may be indicative of cryptic species rather than plasticity. Using DNA sequences and morphological characters we confirmed the presence of three previously undescribed species ofNeopetrosia. Morphological differences of each new congener were best resolved by partial gene sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 over nuclear ones (18S rRNA and 28S rRNA). Several new characters forNeopetrosiawere revealed by each new species. For example,N. dendrocrevaceasp. nov. andN. cristatasp. nov. showed the presence of grooves on the surface of the sponge body that converge at the oscula, and a more disorganized skeleton than previously defined for the genus.N. sigmaferasp. nov. adds the (1) presence of sigma microscleres, (2) significantly wider/longer oxeas (>200 μm), and (3) the presence of parenchymella larvae. Sampling of conspecifics throughout several locations in the Caribbean revealed larger spicules in habitats closer to the continental shelf than those in remote island locations. Our study highlights the importance of integrating molecular and morphological systematics for the discrimination of newNeopetrosiaspp. despite belonging to one of several polyphyletic groups (families, genera) within the current definition of the order Haplosclerida.

Publisher

PeerJ

Subject

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,General Medicine,General Neuroscience

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