FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI First joint morphological and molecular detection of Watersipora subatra in the Mediterranean Sea presented in an updated genus phylogeny to resolve taxonomic confusion BT AF GAUFF, Robin Bouchoucha, Marc Curd, Amelia Droual, Gabin Evrard, Justine Gayet, Nicolas Nunes, Flavia AS 1:1,2;2:2;3:1;4:1,3;5:1;6:4;7:1; FF 1:PDG-ODE-DYNECO-LEBCO;2:PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERPAC;3:PDG-ODE-DYNECO-LEBCO;4:PDG-ODE-DYNECO-LEBCO;5:PDG-ODE-DYNECO-LEBCO;6:PDG-REM-BEEP-LEP;7:PDG-ODE-DYNECO-LEBCO; C1 IFREMER, DYNECO, Laboratory of Coastal Benthic Ecology, F-29280 Plouzané, France IFREMER, Lab Environm Ressources Provence Azur Corse, CS 20330, F-83507 La Seyne Sur Mer, France IFREMER, INRAE, Institut Agro—Agrocampus Ouest, Ecosystem Dynamics and Sustainability, 44980 Nantes, France CNRS, IFREMER, UBO, Biology and Ecology of Deep-Sea Ecosystems, F-29280 Plouzané, France C2 IFREMER, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE IFREMER, FRANCE SI TOULON BREST SE PDG-ODE-DYNECO-LEBCO PDG-ODE-LITTORAL-LERPAC PDG-REM-BEEP-LEP UM BEEP-LM2E DECOD IN WOS Ifremer UPR WOS Ifremer UMR DOAJ IF 1.6 TC 1 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00853/96529/104915.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00853/96529/104916.xlsx https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00853/96529/104917.xlsx https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00853/96529/104918.jpg LA English DT Article DE ;Bryozoa;integrative taxonomy;introduced species;phylogeny;NIS AB Introduced species constitute a critical bio-security issue worldwide and the precise monitoring of their spread is crucial for their management. For species forming cryptic complexes this may remain difficult. Using integrative taxonomy, we formally report for the first time, well-established populations of the cosmopolitan introduced bryozoan Watersipora subatra in the French Mediterranean Sea and compile worldwide existing genetic data for Watersipora species alongside newly acquired data to establish the most complete phylogeny of the genus to date. This revealed pervasive erroneous identifications in Genbank, which in turn perpetrate further errors in recent studies, primarily misidentifying W. subatra as W. subtorquata. High abundance and geographic spread of W. subatra in our Mediterranean sampling sites suggest that this species has been present for some time but has been misidentified until now. We provide an updated species identification for all current reference sequences in the Watersipora genus, which may help future monitoring of W. subatra and other Watersipora species. PY 2023 PD SEP SO Aquatic Invasions SN 1798-6540 PU Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre Oy (REABIC) VL 18 IS 3 UT 001118581400006 BP 295 EP 312 DI 10.3391/ai.2023.18.3.108128 ID 96529 ER EF