Resurrection of Bohadschia bivittata from B. marmorata (Holothuroidea: Holothuriidae) based on behavioral, morphological, and mitochondrial DNA evidence.

Behavior, color, body size, spicules, and mitochondrial DNA were examined in two morphs from the Bohadschia marmorata (Jaeger, 1833) species complex in Micronesia to test whether they are conspecific. This complex consists of eight morphs that have been described as separate species and combined in various ways for over a century. We examined the classic B.