ReviewNature ecology & evolution2024
Integrating cryptic diversity into coral evolution, symbiosis and conservation.
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- Coral Genetic Structure in the Western Indian Ocean Mirrors Ocean Circulation and Thermal Stress History.Evolutionary applications · 2026Article
- Genome Skimming Illuminates Hidden Species Diversity and Symbiodiniaceae Associations in East Pacific Pocillopora Corals.Genome biology and evolution · 2026Article
- Genes, shells, and AI: using computer vision to detect cryptic morphological divergence between genetically distinct populations of limpets.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Putting Structural Variants Into Practice: The Role of Chromosomal Inversions in the Management of Marine Environments.Molecular ecology · 2025Review
- Speciation across depth gradients in reef corals.Nature communications · 2025Article
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- Genus-Scale Taxonomic Resolution Is Appropriate to Study Coral Demographics: A Case Study WithEcology and evolution · 2025Article
- Integrating hotspot dynamics and centers of diversity: a review of Indo-Australian Archipelago biogeographic evolution and conservation.Marine life science & technology · 2025Article
- First reference genomes for two mesophotic, reef-building coral species: Leptoseris cf. scabra and Montipora cf. grisea.The Journal of heredity · 2025Article
- Connectivity differs by orders of magnitude among co-distributed corals, affecting spatial scales of eco-evolutionary processes.Science advances · 2025Article
- Environmental Drivers of Genetic Divergence in Two Corals From the Florida Keys.Evolutionary applications · 2025Article
- Differential effects of nutrients and consumer pressure on sympatric cryptic coral species (Pocillopora spp.).Ecology · 2025Article
- Cryptic coral diversity is associated with symbioses, physiology, and response to thermal challenge.Science advances · 2025Article
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Abstract
Understanding how diversity evolves and is maintained is critical to predicting the future trajectories of ecosystems under climate change; however, our understanding of these processes is limited in marine systems. Corals, which engineer reef ecosystems, are critically threatened by climate change, and global efforts are underway to conserve and restore populations as attempts to mitigate ocean warming continue. Recently, sequencing efforts have uncovered widespread undescribed coral diversity, including 'cryptic lineages'-genetically distinct but morphologically similar coral taxa. Such cryptic lineages have been identified in at least 24 coral genera spanning the anthozoan phylogeny and across ocean basins. These cryptic lineages co-occur in many reef systems, but their distributions often differ among habitats. Research suggests that cryptic lineages are ecologically specialized and several examples demonstrate differences in thermal tolerance, highlighting the critical implications of this diversity for predicting coral responses to future warming. Here, we draw attention to recent discoveries, discuss how cryptic diversity affects the study of coral adaptation and acclimation to future environments, explore how it shapes symbiotic partnerships, and highlight challenges and opportunities for conservation and restoration efforts.
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