Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5920275 Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 2012 6 Pages PDF
Abstract
► This study presents the first well-supported phylogeny of the Chthamaloidea. ► Catophragmidae and Chthamalidae form two clades. ► Chthamaloid barnacles showing four to eight shell plates did not lose them gradually but convergently. ► All chthamaloid subfamilies and several of their genera do not form monophyletic assemblages. ► The current classification of the Chthamaloidea needs to be revised in order to reflect its evolutionary relationships.
Keywords
Related Topics
Life Sciences Agricultural and Biological Sciences Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Preview
Molecular phylogeny and character evolution of the chthamaloid barnacles (Cirripedia: Thoracica)
Authors
, , , ,