FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Nomenclature for the Nameless: A Proposal for an Integrative Molecular Taxonomy of Cryptic Diversity Exemplified by Planktonic Foraminifera BT AF MORARD, Raphael ESCARGUEL, Gilles WEINER, Agnes K. M. ANDRE, Aurore DOUADY, Christophe J. WADE, Christopher M. DARLING, Kate F. UJIIE, Yurika SEEARS, Heidi A. QUILLEVERE, Frederic DE GARIDEL-THORON, Thibault DE VARGAS, Colomban KUCERA, Michal AS 1:1;2:2;3:1,3;4:4;5:2,5;6:6;7:7,8;8:9;9:10;10:11;11:12,13;12:14,15;13:1; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:;9:;10:;11:;12:;13:; C1 Univ Bremen, MARUM Ctr Marine Environm Sci, Leobener Str, D-28359 Bremen, Germany. Univ Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR5023, Ecol Hydrosyst Nat & Anthropises,ENTPE, 6 Rue Raphael Dubois, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France. Japan Agcy Marine Earth Sci & Technol JAMSTEC, 2-15 Natsushima Cho, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 2370061, Japan. Univ Reims, UFR Sci Exactes & Nat, Campus Moulin Housse,Batiment 18, F-51100 Reims, France. Inst Univ France, 103 Blvd St Michel, F-75005 Paris, France. Univ Nottingham, Sch Life Sci, Univ Pk, Nottingham NG7 2RD, England. Univ Edinburgh, Sch GeoSci, Edinburgh EH9 3JW, Midlothian, Scotland. Univ St Andrews, Sch Geog & GeoSci, St Andrews KY16 9AL, Fife, Scotland. Shinshu Univ, Dept Biol, Asahi3-1-1, Matsumoto, Nagano 3908621, Japan. Univ Virginia, Dept Biol, Gilmer Hall,485 McCormick Rd, Charlottesville, VA 22904 USA. Univ Lyon 1, CNRS, UMR 5276, ENS Lyon,LGL,TPE, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France. CNRS, Ctr Europeen Rech & Enseignement Geosci Environm, Aix En Provence, France. Aix Marseille Univ, Aix En Provence, France. CNRS, UMR 7144, EPEP, Stn Biol Roscoff, F-29680 Roscoff, France. Univ Paris 06, Sorbonne Univ, UMR 7144, Stn Biol Roscoff, F-29680 Roscoff, France. C2 UNIV BREMEN, GERMANY UNIV LYON, FRANCE JAMSTEC, JAPAN UNIV REIMS, FRANCE INST UNIV FRANCE, FRANCE UNIV NOTTINGHAM, UK UNIV EDINBURGH, UK UNIV ST ANDREWS, UK SHINSHU UNIV, JAPAN UNIV VIRGINIA, USA UNIV LYON, FRANCE CNRS, FRANCE UNIV AIX MARSEILLE, FRANCE CNRS, FRANCE UNIV PARIS 06, FRANCE IF 8.917 TC 56 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00383/49408/49900.pdf LA English DT Article CR OISO - OCÉAN INDIEN SERVICE D'OBSERVATION DE ;Cryptic species;genetic diversity;planktonic foraminifera;molecular nomenclature;MOTUs AB Investigations of biodiversity, biogeography, and ecological processes rely on the identification of "species" as biologically significant, natural units of evolution. In this context, morphotaxonomy only provides an adequate level of resolution if reproductive isolation matches morphological divergence. In many groups of organisms, morphologically defined species often disguise considerable genetic diversity, which may be indicative of the existence of cryptic species. The diversity hidden by morphological species can be disentangled through genetic surveys, which also provide access to data on the ecological distribution of genetically circumscribed units. These units can be identified by unique DNA sequence motifs and allow studies of evolutionary and ecological processes at different levels of divergence. However, the nomenclature of genetically circumscribed units within morphological species is not regulated and lacks stability. This represents a major obstacle to efforts to synthesize and communicate data on genetic diversity for multiple stakeholders. We have been confronted with such an obstacle in our work on planktonic foraminifera, where the stakeholder community is particularly diverse, involving geochemists, paleoceanographers, paleontologists, and biologists, and the lack of stable nomenclature beyond the level of formal morphospecies prevents effective transfer of knowledge. To circumvent this problem, we have designed a stable, reproducible, and flexible nomenclature system for genetically circumscribed units, analogous to the principles of a formal nomenclature system. Our system is based on the definition of unique DNA sequence motifs collocated within an individual, their typification (in analogy with holotypes), utilization of their hierarchical phylogenetic structure to define levels of divergence below that of the morphospecies, and a set of nomenclature rules assuring stability. The resulting molecular operational taxonomic units remain outside the domain of current nomenclature codes, but are linked to formal morphospecies as regulated by the codes. Subsequently, we show how this system can be applied to classify genetically defined units using the SSU rDNA marker in planktonic foraminifera and we highlight its potential use for other groups of organisms where similarly high levels of connectivity between molecular and formal taxonomies can be achieved. PY 2016 PD SEP SO Systematic Biology SN 1063-5157 PU Oxford Univ Press VL 65 IS 5 UT 000382171800012 BP 925 EP 940 DI 10.1093/sysbio/syw031 ID 49408 ER EF