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Citation title: "Molecular Evidence for Acanthocephala as a Subtaxon of Rotifera.".

This study was previously identified under the legacy study ID S366 (Status: Published).

Citation

Garey J., Near T.J., Nonnemacher M., & Nadler S. 1996. Molecular Evidence for Acanthocephala as a Subtaxon of Rotifera. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 43: 287-292.

Authors

Garey J.
Near T.J. 203-432-3002
Nonnemacher M.
Nadler S.

Abstract

Rotifers are free-living animals usually smaller than 1 mm that possess a characteristic wheel organ. Acanthocephalans (thorny-headed worms) are larger endoparasitic animals that use vertebrates and arthropods to complete their life cycle. The taxa Acantho-cephala and Rotifera are considered separate phyla, often within the taxon Aschelminthes. We have reexamined the relationship between Rotifera and Acanthocephala using 18S rRNA gene sequences. Our results conclusively show that Acanthocephala is the sister group of the rotifer class Bdelloidea. Rotifera was nonmonophy-letic in all molecular analyses, which supports the hypothesis that the Acanthocephala represent a taxon within the phylum Rotifera and not a separate phylum. These results agree with a previous cladistic study of morphological characters.

Keywords

Rotifers; Acanthocephalans; Bdelloidea; Lemniscea

External links

DOI: 10.1007/BF02338837

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Canonical resource URI: http://purl.org/phylo/treebase/phylows/study/TB2:S415
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		@ARTICLE{TreeBASE2Ref15510,
	 author = {James R.  Garey and Thomas J Near and Michael R.  Nonnemacher and Steven A.  Nadler},
	 title = {Molecular Evidence for Acanthocephala as a Subtaxon of Rotifera.},
	 year = {1996},
	 keywords = {Rotifers; Acanthocephalans; Bdelloidea; Lemniscea },
	 doi = {10.1007/BF02338837},
	 url = {},
	 pmid = {},
	 journal = {Journal of Molecular Evolution},
	 volume = {43},
	 number = {},
	 pages = {287--292},
	 abstract = {Rotifers are free-living animals usually smaller than 1 mm that possess a characteristic wheel organ. Acanthocephalans (thorny-headed worms) are larger endoparasitic animals that use vertebrates and arthropods to complete their life cycle. The taxa Acantho-cephala and Rotifera are considered separate phyla, often within the taxon Aschelminthes. We have reexamined the relationship between Rotifera and Acanthocephala using 18S rRNA gene sequences. Our results conclusively show that Acanthocephala is the sister group of the rotifer class Bdelloidea. Rotifera was nonmonophy-letic in all molecular analyses, which supports the hypothesis that the Acanthocephala represent a taxon within the phylum Rotifera and not a separate phylum. These results agree with a previous cladistic study of morphological characters.}
}

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		TY  - JOUR
ID  - 15510
AU  - Garey,James R. 
AU  - Near,Thomas J
AU  - Nonnemacher,Michael R. 
AU  - Nadler,Steven A. 
T1  - Molecular Evidence for Acanthocephala as a Subtaxon of Rotifera.
PY  - 1996
KW  - Rotifers; Acanthocephalans; Bdelloidea; Lemniscea 
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02338837
N2  - Rotifers are free-living animals usually smaller than 1 mm that possess a characteristic wheel organ. Acanthocephalans (thorny-headed worms) are larger endoparasitic animals that use vertebrates and arthropods to complete their life cycle. The taxa Acantho-cephala and Rotifera are considered separate phyla, often within the taxon Aschelminthes. We have reexamined the relationship between Rotifera and Acanthocephala using 18S rRNA gene sequences. Our results conclusively show that Acanthocephala is the sister group of the rotifer class Bdelloidea. Rotifera was nonmonophy-letic in all molecular analyses, which supports the hypothesis that the Acanthocephala represent a taxon within the phylum Rotifera and not a separate phylum. These results agree with a previous cladistic study of morphological characters.
L3  - 10.1007/BF02338837
JF  - Journal of Molecular Evolution
VL  - 43
IS  - 
SP  - 287
EP  - 292
ER  -