Morphological stasis masks ecologically divergent coral species on tropical reefs
P. Bongaerts, I. R. Cooke, H. Ying, D. Wels, S. den Haan, A. Hernandez-Agreda, C. A. Brunner, S. Dove, N. Englebert, G. Eyal, S. Foret, M. Grinblat, K. B. Hay, S. Harii, D. C. Hayward, , O. Hoegh-Guldberg
This study identifies ecologically divergent cryptic coral lineages within a morphologically uniform species, revealing that morphological stasis can mask ecological divergence.
bioRxiv · Sep 4, 2020Evolutionary Biology