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Citation for Study 1314

About Citation title: "Molecular Phylogeny of Lugworms (Annelida, Arenicolidae) inferred from three genes".
About This study was previously identified under the legacy study ID S1234 (Status: Published).

Citation

Bleidorn C., Vogt L., & Bartolomaeus T. 2005. Molecular Phylogeny of Lugworms (Annelida, Arenicolidae) inferred from three genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 34: 673-679.

Authors

  • Bleidorn C.
  • Vogt L.
  • Bartolomaeus T.

Abstract

Arenicolids comprise a group of 4 genera in which about 30 nominal species are described. Whereas the biology of many arenicolids is well known, the phylogenetic relationships of these worms are inadequately studied. A close relationship of Arenicolidae and Maldanidae is generally accepted. The phylogenetic relationships of arenicolid taxa were reconstructed based on sequence data of the mitochondrial 16S rRNA gene, the nuclear 18S rRNA gene, and a small fraction of the nuclear 28S rRNA gene. Members of all described arenicolid genera are included in the data set. Phylogenetic analyses were conducted using Maximum Likelihood, Bayesian inference, and Maximum Parsimony. The monophyly of the Maldanidae, as well as of the Arenicolidae is supported by all conducted analyses. Two well supported major clades are highest ranked sister taxa in the Arenicolidae: one containing all Abarenicola species and one containing Arenicola, Arenicolides, and Branchiomaldane. Evidence is given for a closer relationship between the two investigated Branchiomaldane species and Arenicolides ecaudata in the combined analysis. In the light of the molecular data the best explanation for structural and morphological observations is that Branchiomaldane evolved by progenesis.

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