Cryptic species as a window on diversity and conservation.

By D. Bickford, David J. Lohman, N. Sodhi, P. Ng, R. Meier, K. Winker, K. Ingram, I. Das. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2007

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Subfields: Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics

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Cryptic species within the wheat curl mite Aceria tosichella (Keifer) (Acari : Eriophyoidea), revealed by mitochondrial, nuclear and morphometric data (2012, background): “…species that belong to cryptic complexes may have serious negative implications, such as leading to inappropriate diagnoses of parasites and pathogens and ineffective control strategies for crop pests and invasive species (Armstrong and Ball 2005; Pringle et al. 2005; Bickford et al. 2007).”
A review and synthesis on the systematics and evolution of jellyfish blooms: advantageous aggregations and adaptive assemblages (2008, background): “lacking features that can be used to distinguish species effectively’’ (Bickford et al., 2007).”
Need morphology always be required for new species descriptions (2010, background): “There aremanyexamplesof howDNAsequence data have shed light on biologically distinct species that had not been clearly recognisable on the basis of morphology alone (e.g. reviews of Bickford et al. 2007; Pfenninger and Schwenk 2007).”
When cryptic diversity blurs the picture: a cautionary tale from Iberian and North African Podarcis wall lizards (2011, background): “On the ‘cryptic’ side, such cases have served as paradigms in the study of morphological evolution, by bringing to light processes previously considered to be scarce or secondary, such as phenotypic convergence, stasis or plasticity (Sáez & Lozano, 2005; Bickford et al., 2007).”
Comparative analysis of a large dataset indicates that internal transcribed spacer (ITS) should be incorporated into the core barcode for seed plants (2011, background): “First, one extensive application of DNA barcoding is in recovering unidentified or cryptic species (29, 30), which are often related closely to existing described species.”
Evolving coral reef conservation with genetic information (2014, background): “Genetic tools have also played a major role in discovering cryptic or incipient species and hybrid zones which contribute to spatial patterns of biodiversity, but which often go unnoticed (Knowlton 2000, bickford et al. 2007, bird et al. 2011).”
Cryptic species diversity in a widespread bumble bee complex revealed using mitochondrial DNA RFLPs (2008, methodology): “The DNA character-diagnostic approach compliments the way taxonomists collate morphological or behavioural metrics when describing species, facilitating independent verification of taxonomic hypotheses; in cases where other taxonomic data are lacking or sequence information conflicts with current ta”
Ecology of the entomopathogenic fungi Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae in temperate agroecosystems: Potential for conservation biological control (2007, background): “Biodiversity assessment of fungal communities is, however, challenging, because fungal taxa often consist of complexes of cryptic species (Bickford et al., 2007).”
Contrasting effects of natural and anthropogenic stressors on beta diversity in river organisms (2013, neutral): “(Dunson & Travis, 1991; Parsons, 2005; Bickford et al., 2007).”