Phylogenetic Relationships in Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionoidea) Inferred from Nucleotide Sequences of Mitochondrial 16S rDNA

Seven species of Pseudopolydora are described and illustrated from the Arabian Gulf, Kuwait: P. achaeta Radashevsky & Hsieh, 2000, P. antennata (Claparède, 1868), P. arabica Radashevsky & Al-Kandari, 2020, P. auha sp. nov., P. kuwaiti sp. nov., P. melanopalpa sp. nov., and P. multispinosa sp. nov. The morphology of the developed planktonic larvae is described for P. antennata and P. kuwaiti sp. nov. Adults of all species live in tubes in soft sediments, while adults of P. kuwaiti sp. nov. also bore in shells of gastropods and dead corals encrusted by coralline algae. Pseudopolydora antennata and P. arabica form dense settlements up to 50 000 individuals per 1 m2, while other species are comparatively rare. The phylogenetic relationships between the examined species and other Pseudopolydora (18 species in total) were assessed in an analysis of sequence data of four gene fragments: mitochondrial 16S rDNA, nuclear 18S rDNA and 28S rDNA, and Histone 3 (2473 bp in total). Three species complexes are distinguished involving P. antennata, P. diopatra Hsieh, 1992 and P. paucibranchiata (Okuda, 1937). Sets of adult morphological features shared by species of each complex and an identification key to Pseudopolydora species from the Arabian Gulf are provided.

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Mitochondrial 16S rDNA sequences and phylogenetic relationships of species of Rhipicephalus and other tick genera among Metastriata (Acari: Ixodidae)

Parasitology Research ◽

10.1007/s004360050433 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 84 (6) ◽

pp. 478-484 ◽

Cited By ~ 237

Author(s):

A. J. Mangold ◽

M. D. Bargues ◽

S. Mas-Coma

Keyword(s):

16S Rdna ◽

Phylogenetic Relationships ◽

Rdna Sequences ◽

16S Rdna Sequences ◽

Mitochondrial 16S Rdna

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Phylogenetic and biogeographic relationships of subterranean and surface genera of Australian Atyidae (Crustacea : Decapoda : Caridea) inferred with mitochondrial DNA

Invertebrate Systematics ◽

10.1071/is06023 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 21 (2) ◽

pp. 137 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Timothy J. Page ◽

Kristina von Rintelen ◽

Jane M. Hughes

Keyword(s):

Mitochondrial Dna ◽

Cytochrome Oxidase ◽

16S Rdna ◽

Phylogenetic Relationships ◽

Cytochrome Oxidase I ◽

Freshwater Shrimp ◽

Australian Species ◽

The Family ◽

Mitochondrial 16S Rdna ◽

Disjunct Genus

The biogeographic and phylogenetic relationships of six of the eight Australian genera of freshwater shrimp from the family Atyidae were investigated using mitochondrial 16S rDNA and cytochrome oxidase I sequences. Previous studies on two of the epigean genera (Caridina, Paratya) indicate that Australian species have strong links to congenerics from outside, with Australian members of Paratya being monophyletic and Caridina polyphyletic. The present study found that the endemic Australian epigean genus Australatya forms a strong clade with Pacific ‘Atya-like’ genera (Atyoida, Atyopsis), and that the endemic Australian epigean genus Caridinides falls within a clade containing Caridina species from the Australian ‘indistincta’ group. The two hypogean genera included in this study (Parisia, Pycnisia) form a strong clade in all analyses, implying an Australian subterranean speciation. The possibility of a relationship between Parisia/Pycnisia and an Australian Caridina species may have implications for the monophyly of the highly disjunct genus Parisia (Australia, Madagascar, Philippines). Parisia may descend from local Caridina species and represent convergent morphologies.

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