The evolutionary history of parasitic gastropods and their coral hosts in the Indo-Pacific Gittenberger, Adriaan

The evolutionary history of parasitic gastropods and their coral hosts

in the Indo-Pacific

Gittenberger, Adriaan

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Gittenberger, A. (2006, November 29). The evolutionary history of parasitic gastropods and

their coral hosts in the Indo-Pacific. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/1887/5415

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The evolutionary history

of parasitic gastropods and their coral hosts

in the Indo-Pacifi c

© A. Gittenberger, 2006

Voorkant: De schelpjes van Epifungium adgranulosa, E. marki en Leptoconchus inpleuractis gerangschikt

om het koraal Fungia (Cycloseris) sinensis. Fylogenetische bomen van de Epitoniidae, Fungiidae en

Coral-liophilidae.

Achterkant: Radula van de wenteltrap Cirsotrema varicosa.

Opmaak: M. Rensing & A. Gittenberger

The evolutionary history

of parasitic gastropods and their coral hosts

in the Indo-Pacifi c

Proefschrift

ter verkrijging van

de graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden,

op gezag van de Rector Magnifi cus Dr. D.D. Breimer,

hoogleraar in de faculteit der Wiskunde

en Natuurwetenschappen en die der Geneeskunde,

volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties

te verdedigen op woensdag 29 november 2006

klokke 15:00 uur

door

Adriaan Gittenberger

Promotiecommissie:

Promotor:

Prof. dr. P.M. Brakefi eld (Universiteit Leiden)

Prof. dr. E. Gittenberger (Universiteit Leiden)

Co-promotor:

Dr. B.W. Hoeksema (Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum 'Naturalis', Leiden)

Referent:

Dr. D.G. Reid (The Natural History Museum, London)

Overige leden:

Prof. dr. P.J.J. Hooykaas (Universiteit Leiden)

Prof. dr. P. Baas (Universiteit Leiden)

Prof. dr. J.J. Videler (Universiteit Leiden)

Dr. R. van Soest (Universiteit van Amsterdam)

De totstandkoming van dit proefschrift werd fi nancieel mogelijk gemaakt door

Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (WOTRO beurs W82-249)

Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum 'Naturalis'

Alida M. Buitendijk Fonds

Jan Joost ter Pelkwijkfonds

Leids Universiteits Fonds

Nederlandse inleiding en samenvatting

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Chapter 1

General introduction and summary

17

Chapter 2

Phenotypic plasticity revealed by molecular studies on reef corals of Fungia (Cycloseris) spp.

(Scleractinia: Fungiidae) near river outlets

25

Chapter 3

A molecular analysis of the evolutionary history of mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae)

and its consequences for taxonomic classifi cation

35

Chapter 4

A largely cryptic, adaptive radiation of parasitic snails: sibling species in Leptoconchus (Gastropoda:

Caenogastropoda: Coralliophilidae) associated with specifi c coral hosts (Scleractinia: Fungiidae)

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Chapter 5

Epitonium (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae) associated with mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae)

from Sulawesi, Indonesia, with the description of four new species

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Chapter 6

The wentletrap Epitonium hartogi spec. nov. (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae), associated with bubble

coral species, Plerogyra spec. (Scleractinia: Euphylliidae), off Indonesia and Thailand

109

Chapter 7

A hitherto unnoticed adaptive radiation: epitoniid species (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae) associated

with corals (Scleractinia)

123

Chapter 8

A molecular phylogeny of Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), focusing on the species associated

with corals

205

Chapter 9

Habitat preferences of 20 Indo-West Pacifi c wentletrap species (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae) associated

with scleractinian corals

215

Curriculum Vitae

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