Molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of Bunodera spp. (Trematoda: Allocreadiidae), parasites of percid and gasterosteid fishes

2005 ◽  
Vol 83 (12) ◽  
pp. 1540-1546 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Choudhury ◽  
V León Règagnon
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetics ◽  
Gasterosteus Aculeatus ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Freshwater Species ◽  
Culaea Inconstans ◽  
Clade B ◽  
Main Host ◽  
Sister Relationships ◽  
Combined Data

The genus Bunodera Railliet, 1896 is represented by five freshwater species: the holarctic B. luciopercae (Müller, 1776) in percids; the endemic North American B. sacculata VanCleave and Mueller, 1932 in percids; B. eucaliae (Miller, 1936) and B. inconstans (Lasee, Font and Sutherland, 1988) in freshwater sticklebacks; and the trans-Pacific B. mediovitellata Tsimbaliuk and Roytman, 1966 in the threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus L., 1758). Partial sequences of the 28S ribosomal RNA gene were combined with morphological data for a phylogenetic analysis of Bunodera spp. Parsimony analysis of the combined data yielded a tree (consistency index = 0.84) that supports the following resolution: ((((B. luciopercae(((B. sacculata((B. mediovitellata(B. eucaliae + B. inconstans)))). The basal position of B. luciopercae is consistent with its holarctic distribution and a basal percid as its main host. The relatively basal positions of two typical perch parasites and the association of a more derived clade (B. mediovitellata + B. eucaliae + B. inconstans) with sticklebacks indicate host shifting from percids to sticklebacks. The sister relationships and North American endemicity of the two most derived species, B. eucaliae and B. inconstans, are also consistent with the more derived position of their typical host, the freshwater brook stickleback (Culaea inconstans (Kirtland, 1841)).

A cladistic analysis of Trombidiidae (Acari: Parasitengona): congruence of larval and adult character sets

1995 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi-Qiang Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Cladistic Analysis ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Total Evidence ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Parsimony Analysis ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Clade B ◽  
Generic Relationships ◽  
Combined Data

Two morphological data sets for eight trombidioid genera (Acari: Parasitengona) were analyzed separately and in combination using cladistic methods. One data set comprised 15 adult morphological characters, whereas the other comprised 29 larval morphological characters. Analyzed separately, the data on adults produced five equally parsimonious trees and the data on larvae produced three equally parsimonious trees. Analyses of both data sets revealed two distinct clades in Trombidiidae: clade A (Podothrombium, Pollicotrombium, Paratrombium, and Trombidium) and clade B (Dinothrombium, Clinotrombium, and Allothrombium). However, the within-clade generic relationships were resolved by data from larvae only in clade A and by data from adults only in clade B. Analysis of the combined data produced a single most parsimonious tree, with both clade A (Podothrombium (Pollicotrombium (Paratrombium, Trombidium))) and clade B (Dinothrombium (Clinotrombium, Allothrombium)) completely resolved. Thus, data on larvae and postlarvae are not only congruent but also complementary in revealing the phylogenetic relationships of these mites. The results support the principle of total evidence and the use of all available data for a single parsimony analysis.

Revision of Autolytinae (Syllidae: Polychaeta)

Zootaxa ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 680 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
ARNE NYGREN
Keyword(s):  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Nominal Species ◽  
Strict Consensus Tree ◽  
Incertae Sedis ◽  
Nomina Dubia ◽  
Morphological And Molecular Data ◽  
Combined Data

Autolytinae is revised based on available types, and newly collected specimens. Out of 170 nominal species, 18 are considered as incertae sedis, 43 are regarded as junior synonyms, and 25 are referred to as nomina dubia. The relationships of Autolytinae is assessed from 51 morphological characters and 211 states for 76 ingroup-taxa, and 460 molecular characters from mitochondrial 16S rDNA and nuclear 18S rDNA for 31 ingroup-taxa; outgroups include 12 non-autolytine syllid polychaetes. Two analyses are provided, one including morphological data only, and one with combined morphological and molecular data sets. The resulting strict consensus tree from the combined data is chosen for a reclassification. Three main clades are identified: Procerini trib. n., Autolytini Grube, 1850, and Epigamia gen. n. Proceraea Ehlers, 1864 and Myrianida Milne Edwards, 1845 are referred to as nomen protectum, while Scolopendra Slabber, 1781, Podonereis Blainville, 1818, Amytis Savigny, 1822, Polynice Savigny, 1822, and Nereisyllis Blainville, 1828 are considered

Combined molecular and morphological phylogeny of Ephemerellinae (Ephemerellidae: Ephemeroptera), with remarks about classification

Zootaxa ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 1991 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. HEATH OGDEN ◽  
JONATHAN T. OSBORNE ◽  
LUKE M. JACOBUS ◽  
MICHAEL F. WHITING
Keyword(s):  
Morphological Analysis ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Histone H3 ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Rdna Genes ◽  
Dna Sequence Data ◽  
Extant Genus ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
Combined Data

This study represents the first combined molecular and morphological analysis for the mayfly family Ephemerellidae (Ephemeroptera), with a focus on the relationships of genera and species groups of the subfamily Ephemerellinae. The phylogeny was constructed based on DNA sequence data from 3 nuclear (18S rDNA, 28S rDNA, histone H3) and 2 mitochondrial (12S rDNA, 16S rDNA) genes, and 23 morphological characters. Taxon sampling for Ephemerellidae included exemplars from all 25 extant genus groups and additional representatives from those genera with the highest diversity. Ephemerellidae appears to consist of three major clades. Ephemerella, the largest genus of Ephemerellidae, and Serratella were not supported as monophyletic, and each had representatives in two of the three major clades. However, the genera Drunella and Cincticostella were supported as monophyletic. Lineages strongly supported as monophyletic include a grouping of the Timpanoginae genera Timpanoga, Dannella, Dentatella and Eurylophella, and groupings of the Ephemerellinae genera Torleya, Hyrtanella and Crinitella and the genera Kangella, Uracanthella and Teloganopsis. The placement of the Timpanoginae genus Attenella fell within Ephemerellinae, based on molecular and combined data, but it grouped with other Timpanoginae based on morphological data alone. Further study and analysis of Ephemerellidae morphology is needed, and classification should be revised, if it is to reflect phylogenetic relationships.

Integrative Taxonomy of Australian Metopia (Sarcophagidae: Miltogramminae) Reveals a New Species and Challenges Traditional Phylogeny

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolas P Johnston ◽  
James F Wallman ◽  
Thomas Pape
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Species Complex ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetics ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Integrated Approach ◽  
Integrative Taxonomy ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Australian Species ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Generic Relationships

Abstract A taxonomic revision of all Australian species of Metopia Meigen (Sarcophagidae: Miltogramminae) is completed using an integrated approach combining molecular and morphological data. Metopia nudibasis (Malloch) is redescribed as a species complex and a new endemic Australian species, Metopia sputnik sp. n., is described. Evidence is presented that Metopia sauteri (Townsend) is absent from Australia and this species is therefore removed from the known Australian fauna. Molecular phylogenetics is used to reconstruct interspecific and generic relationships and support morphology-based species hypotheses. Phylogenetic analysis splits Metopia Meigen into two clades, separated by Aenigmetopia Malloch, rendering the former genus nonmonophyletic. The implications of this are discussed.

The correlation among molecular phylogenetics, morphological data, and growth temperature of the genus Emericella, and a new species

Mycoscience ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 53 (6) ◽  
pp. 433-445 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tetsuhiro Matsuzawa ◽  
Reiko Tanaka ◽  
Yoshikazu Horie ◽  
Yan Hui ◽  
Paride Abliz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Growth Temperature ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetics ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
A New Species

scholarly journals An Account of the Taxonomy of North American Wolves From Morphological and Genetic Analyses

2012 ◽  
Vol 77 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven M. Chambers ◽  
Steven R. Fain ◽  
Bud Fazio ◽  
Michael Amaral
Keyword(s):  
North American ◽  
Canis Lupus ◽  
Microsatellite Dna ◽  
Genetic Data ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
The Arctic ◽  
Gray Wolf ◽  
Eastern Canada ◽  
Canis Rufus ◽  
Eastern Wolf

Abstract The available scientific literature was reviewed to assess the taxonomic standing of North American wolves, including subspecies of the gray wolf, Canis lupus. The recent scientific proposal that the eastern wolf, C. l. lycaon, is not a subspecies of gray wolf, but a full species, Canis lycaon, is well-supported by both morphological and genetic data. This species' range extends westward to Minnesota, and it hybridizes with gray wolves where the two species are in contact in eastern Canada and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Genetic data support a close relationship between eastern wolf and red wolf Canis rufus, but do not support the proposal that they are the same species; it is more likely that they evolved independently from different lineages of a common ancestor with coyotes. The genetic distinctiveness of the Mexican wolf Canis lupus baileyi supports its recognition as a subspecies. The available genetic and morphometric data do not provide clear support for the recognition of the Arctic wolf Canis lupus arctos, but the available genetic data are almost entirely limited to one group of genetic markers (microsatellite DNA) and are not definitive on this question. Recognition of the northern timber wolf Canis lupus occidentalis and the plains wolf Canis lupus nubilus as subspecies is supported by morphological data and extensive studies of microsatellite DNA variation where both subspecies are in contact in Canada. The wolves of coastal areas in southeastern Alaska and British Columbia should be assigned to C. lupus nubilus. There is scientific support for the taxa recognized here, but delineation of exact geographic boundaries presents challenges. Rather than sharp boundaries between taxa, boundaries should generally be thought of as intergrade zones of variable width.

scholarly journals Integrative descriptions of two new Macrobiotus species (Tardigrada, Eutardigrada, Macrobiotidae) from Mississippi (USA) and Crete (Greece)

2021 ◽  
Vol 97 (1) ◽  
pp. 281-306
Author(s):  
Matteo Vecchi ◽  
Daniel Stec
Keyword(s):  
18S Rrna ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Integrative Taxonomy ◽  
Distal Portion ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
28S Rrna ◽  
Morphometric Characters ◽  
Clade B ◽  
Specific Morphology ◽  
Definition Of

In this paper, we describe two new Macrobiotus species from Mississippi (USA) and Crete (Greece) by means of integrative taxonomy. Detailed morphological data from light and scanning electron microscopy, as well as molecular data (sequences of four genetic markers: 18S rRNA, 28S rRNA, ITS-2 and COI), are provided in support of the descriptions of the new species. Macrobiotus annewintersaesp. nov. from Mississippi belongs to the Macrobiotus persimilis complex (Macrobiotus clade B) and exhibits a unique egg processes morphology, similar only to Macrobiotus anemone Meyer, Domingue & Hinton, 2014, but mainly differs from that species by the presence of eyes, granulation on all legs, dentate lunulae on legs IV, and of bubble-like structures within the tentacular arms that are present on the distal portion of the egg processes. Macrobiotus rybakisp. nov. from Crete belongs to the Macrobiotus clade A and is most similar to Macrobiotus dariae Pilato & Bertolani, 2004, Macrobiotus noemiae Roszkowska & Kaczmarek, 2019, Macrobiotus santoroi Pilato & D’Urso, 1976, and Macrobiotus serratus Bertolani, Guidi & Rebecchi, 1996, but differs from them mainly in the morphological details of its egg processes and chorion reticulation, but also by a number of morphometric characters. In light of the specific morphology of the egg processes of Macrobiotus annewintersaesp. nov. and Macrobiotus anemone, that are equipped with tentacular arms instead of proper terminal disc, we also provide an updated definition of the Macrobiotus persimilis complex.

DISTATIS: A Promising Framework to Integrate Distance Matrices in Molecular Phylogenetics.

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillermin Agüero-Chapin ◽  
Yuliana Jiménez ◽  
Aminael Sánchez-Rodríguez ◽  
Reinaldo Molina-Ruiz ◽  
Oscar Vivanco ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Species Delimitation ◽  
Phylogenetic Trees ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetics ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Reproduction Mode ◽  
Alignment Free ◽  
Morphological Criteria ◽  
Distance Matrices ◽  
Ascospore Morphology

Background: Molecular phylogenetic algorithms frequently disagree with the approaches considering reproductive compatibility and morphological criteria for species delimitation. The question stems if the resulting species boundaries from molecular, reproductive and/or morphological data are definitively not reconcilable; or if the existing phylogenetic methods are not sensitive enough to agree morphological and genetic variation in species delimitation. Objectives : We propose to DISTATIS as an integrative framework to combine alignment-based (AB) and alignment-free (AF) distance matrices from ITS2 sequences/structures to shed light whether Gelasinospora and Neurospora are sister but independent genera? Methodology: We aimed at addressing this standing issue by harmonizing genus-specific classification based on their ascospore morphology and ITS2 molecular data. To validate our proposal, three phylogenetic approaches: i) traditional alignment-based, ii) alignment-free and iii) novel distance integrative (DI)-based were comparatively evaluated on a set of Gelasinospora and Neurospora species. All considered species have been extensively characterized at both the morphological and reproductive levels and there are known incongruences between their ascospore morphology and molecular data that hampers genus-specific delimitation. Results: Traditional AB phylogenetic analyses fail at resolving the Gelasinospora and Neurospora genera into independent monophyletic clades following ascospore morphology criteria. In contrast, AF and DI approaches produced phylogenetic trees that could properly delimit the expected monophyletic clades. Conclusions: The DI approach outperformed the AF one in the sense that it could also divide the Neurospora species according to their reproduction mode.

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