scholarly journals Morphology of the jaw, suspensorial, and opercle musculature of Beloniformes and related species (Teleostei: Acanthopterygii), with a special reference to the m. adductor mandibulae complex

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingmar Werneburg
Keyword(s):  
Related Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Jaw Bones ◽  
Morphological Findings ◽  
Lower Jaw ◽  
Flying Fishes ◽  
Reduced Mobility ◽  
Jaw Musculature

The taxon Beloniformes represents a heterogeneous group of teleost fishes that show an extraordinary diversity of jaw morphology. I present new anatomical descriptions of the jaw musculature in six selected beloniforms and four closely related species. A reduction of the external jaw adductor (A1) and a changed morphology of the intramandibular musculature were found in many Beloniformes. This might be correlated with the progressively reduced mobility of the upper and lower jaw bones. The needlefishes and sauries, which are characterised by extremely elongated and stiffened jaws, show several derived characters, which in combination enable the capture of fish at high velocity. The ricefishes are characterised by several derived and many plesiomorphic characters that make broad scale comparisons difficult. Soft tissue characters are highly diverse among hemiramphids and flying fishes reflecting the uncertainty about their phylogenetic position and interrelationship. The morphological findings presented herein may help to interpret future phylogenetic analyses using cranial musculature in Beloniformes.

scholarly journals Morphology of the suspensorial, jaw, and opercle musculature of Beloniformes and related species (Teleostei: Acanthopterygii), with a special reference to the m. adductor mandibulae complex

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingmar Werneburg
Keyword(s):  
Related Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Jaw Bones ◽  
Morphological Findings ◽  
Lower Jaw ◽  
Flying Fishes ◽  
Reduced Mobility ◽  
Jaw Musculature

The taxon Beloniformes represents a heterogeneous group of teleost fishes that show an extraordinary diversity of jaw morphology. I present new anatomical descriptions of the jaw musculature in six selected beloniforms and four closely related species. A reduction of the external jaw adductor (A1) and a changed morphology of the intramandibular musculature were found in many Beloniformes. This might be correlated with the progressively reduced mobility of the upper and lower jaw bones. The needlefishes and sauries, which are characterised by extremely elongated and stiffened jaws, show several derived characters, which in combination enable the capture of fish at high velocity. The ricefishes are characterised by several derived and many plesiomorphic characters that make broad scale comparisons difficult. Soft tissue characters are highly diverse among hemiramphids and flying fishes reflecting the uncertainty about their phylogenetic position and interrelationship. The morphological findings presented herein may help to interpret future phylogenetic analyses using cranial musculature in Beloniformes.

scholarly journals Morphology of the jaw, suspensorial, and opercle musculature of Beloniformes and related species (Teleostei: Acanthopterygii), with a special reference to the m. adductor mandibulae complex

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingmar Werneburg
Keyword(s):  
Related Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Jaw Bones ◽  
Morphological Findings ◽  
Lower Jaw ◽  
Flying Fishes ◽  
Reduced Mobility ◽  
Jaw Musculature

The taxon Beloniformes represents a heterogeneous group of teleost fishes that show an extraordinary diversity of jaw morphology. I present new anatomical descriptions of the jaw musculature in six selected beloniforms and four closely related species. A reduction of the external jaw adductor (A1) and a changed morphology of the intramandibular musculature were found in many Beloniformes. This might be correlated with the progressively reduced mobility of the upper and lower jaw bones. The needlefishes and sauries, which are characterised by extremely elongated and stiffened jaws, show several derived characters, which in combination enable the capture of fish at high velocity. The ricefishes are characterised by several derived and many plesiomorphic characters that make broad scale comparisons difficult. Soft tissue characters are highly diverse among hemiramphids and flying fishes reflecting the uncertainty about their phylogenetic position and interrelationship. The morphological findings presented herein may help to interpret future phylogenetic analyses using cranial musculature in Beloniformes.

Diplodia parva sp. nov., a novel species of the family Botryosphaeriaceae isolated from soil in Korea

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 514 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-117
Author(s):  
SEUNG-YEOL LEE ◽  
LEONID N. TEN ◽  
BENJAMIN YAW AYIM ◽  
OKOUMA NGUIA FULBERT ◽  
KALLOL DAS ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Analysis ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Novel Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Fungal Strain ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
Morphological Differences ◽  
Isolated Species

A fungal strain designated KNU16-007, belonging to the family Botryosphaeriaceae, was isolated from soil in Daegu, Korea. Phylogenetic analyses based on the concatenated nucleotide sequences of the ITS and TEF-1α regions, showed that the isolate resides in a clade together with Diplodia species but occupies a distinct phylogenetic position. Conidial dimensions of strain KNU16-007 (22.7–29.3 μm × 8.9–10.9 μm) or its conidial length:width ratio were significantly differed from those of the closely related D. sapinea, D. intermedia, D. scrobiculata, D. seriata, D. crataegicola, D. rosacearum, and D. citricarpa clearly indicating morphological differences from these species. Detailed descriptions, illustrations, and discussions regarding the morphological and phylogenetic analyses of the closely related species are provided to support the novelty of the isolated species. The results of phylogenetic analysis and morphological observations indicate that strain KNU16-007 represents a novel species in the genus Diplodia, for which the name Diplodia parva sp. nov. is proposed.

Craterellus atrobrunneolus sp. nov. from southwestern China

Mycotaxon ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 136 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-71
Author(s):  
Ting Cao ◽  
Jia-Rui Yu ◽  
Ya-Ping Hu ◽  
Hai-Sheng Yuan
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Maximum Likelihood ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Ectomycorrhizal Fungus ◽  
Southwestern China ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Sequence Analyses ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Technical Description

A new ectomycorrhizal fungus from southwestern China, Craterellus atrobrunneolus, is proposed as supported by morphological and phylogenetic analyses. The basidiocarps are characterized by a dark brown to brownish gray coloration, convex to plano-convex pileus with an umbilicate but not perforate center, smooth to slightly folded gray to cretaceous hymenophore, absence of clamp connections in all tissues, narrow basidia with 2–6 sterigmata, and broadly ellipsoid to subglobose basidiospores. Maximum likelihood and Bayesian sequence analyses of the ITS + nrLSU DNA regions confirm the phylogenetic position of the new species. Illustrations accompany the technical description and comparisons of C. atrobrunneolus and closely related species.

scholarly journals Phallus haitangensis, a new species of stinkhorn from Yunnan Province, China

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 280 (2) ◽  
pp. 116 ◽  
Author(s):  
HUILI LI ◽  
XUELAN MA ◽  
PETER E. MORTIMER ◽  
SAMANTHA C. KARUNARATHNA ◽  
JIANCHU XU ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Internal Transcribed Spacer ◽  
Yunnan Province ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Its Sequence ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Line Drawings ◽  
A New Species

Four specimens of Phallus were collected during surveys in a Pinus armandii forest in Baoshan, Yunnan Province, China. Macro- and micro-characteristics, together with Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) sequence data, showed that the four specimens belong to a new species, here named Phallus haitangensis. The ITS phylogenetic analyses, morphological descriptions, color photographs, and line drawings are provided, and compared with closely related species in the genus.

scholarly journals Cranial anatomy of Bolotridon frerensis, an enigmatic cynodont from the Middle Triassic of South Africa, and its phylogenetic significance

PeerJ ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. e11542
Author(s):  
Luisa C. Pusch ◽  
Christian F. Kammerer ◽  
Jörg Fröbisch
Keyword(s):  
Middle Triassic ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Data Matrix ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Dental Morphology ◽  
Ct Reconstruction ◽  
Computed Tomographic ◽  
Lower Jaw ◽  
Assemblage Zone

The cynodont fauna of the Trirachodon-Kannemeyeria Subzone of the Middle Triassic Cynognathus Assemblage Zone (AZ) is almost exclusively represented by taxa belonging to the clade Eucynodontia. However, there is one basal (non-eucynodont) cynodont known to have survived into this assemblage: the enigmatic Bolotridon frerensis. BSPG 1934-VIII-7 represents by far the most extensive specimen of B. frerensis, consisting of a partial skull with occluded lower jaw. The specimen was initially described by Broili & Schröder (1934), but their description was limited to surface details of the skull and the dental morphology. Here, by using a computed tomographic (CT) reconstruction, we redescribe this specimen, providing novel information on its palatal and internal anatomy. New endocranial characters recognized for this taxon include ridges in the nasal cavity indicating the presence of cartilaginous respiratory turbinals. New data obtained from the CT scan were incorporated into the most recently published data matrix of early non-mammalian cynodonts to test the previously unstable phylogenetic position of Bolotridon. Our phylogenetic analyses recovered Bolotridon as the sister-taxon of Eucynodontia, a more crownward position than previously hypothesized.

Boeremia parva sp. nov., a novel species of the family Didymellaceae isolated from soil

Phytotaxa ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 518 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-35
Author(s):  
KALLOL DAS ◽  
LEONID N. TEN ◽  
JAE-HO BAN ◽  
SEUNG-YEOL LEE ◽  
HEE-YOUNG JUNG
Keyword(s):  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Novel Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
Colony Color ◽  
Average Size ◽  
Isolated Species

Fungal strains, designated KNU-NL4 and KNU-OL2, belonging to the family Didymellaceae were isolated from a soil sample collected in Miryang, Korea. Phylogenetic analyses based on a concatenated dataset of DNA sequences of ITS regions and partial sequences of ACT, CAL, TEF1-α, and β-TUB genes showed that the isolates reside in a clade together with Boeremia species but occupy the distinct phylogenetic position. Morphologically, the novel strains produce bigger conidiomata (average size 169.8 μm) than the closely related B. rhapontica (126.59 μm) and smaller than the other close neighbor B. coffeae (187.5 μm). Both novel strains also differed from them by smaller colony size and colony color on OA and MEA. The detailed descriptions, illustrations, and discussions regarding the morphological and phylogenetic analyses of the closely related species are provided to support the novelty of the isolated species. The results of phylogenetic analysis and morphological observations indicate that strains KNU-NL4 and KNU-OL2 represent a novel species in the genus Boeremia, for which the name Boeremia parva sp. nov. is proposed.

scholarly journals Phylogenetic analysis of Fritillaria cirrhosa D. Don and its closely related species based on complete chloroplast genomes

PeerJ ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. e7480 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qi Chen ◽  
Xiaobo Wu ◽  
Dequan Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Chloroplast Genome ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Gc Content ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Complete Chloroplast Genome ◽  
Plastid Genomes ◽  
Chloroplast Genomes ◽  
Fritillaria Cirrhosa

Fritillaria cirrhosa D. Don, whose bulb is used in a well-known traditional Chinese medicine to relieve cough and eliminate phlegm, is one of the most important medicinal plants of Fritillaria L. The species is widely distributed among the alpine regions in southwestern China and possesses complex morphological variations in different distributions. A series of newly related species were reported, based on obscure morphological differences. As a result, F. cirrhosa and its closely related species constitute a taxonomically complex group. However, it is difficult to accurately identify these species and reveal their phylogenetic relationships using traditional taxonomy. Molecular markers and gene fragments have been adopted but they are not able to afford sufficient phylogenetic resolution in the genus. Here, we report the complete chloroplast genome sequences of F. cirrhosa and its closely related species using next generation sequencing (NGS) technology. Eight plastid genomes ranged from 151,058 bp to 152,064 bp in length and consisted of 115 genes. Gene content, gene order, GC content, and IR/SC boundary structures were highly similar among these genomes. SSRs and five large repeat sequences were identified and the total number of them ranged from 73 to 79 and 63 to 75, respectively. Six highly divergent regions were successfully identified that could be used as potential genetic markers of Fritillaria. Phylogenetic analyses revealed that eight Fritillaria species were clustered into three clades with strong supports and F. cirrhosa was closely related to F. przewalskii and F. sinica. Overall, this study indicated that the complete chloroplast genome sequence was an efficient tool for identifying species in taxonomically complex groups and exploring their phylogenetic relationships.

scholarly journals Ophiocordyceps aphrophoridarum sp. nov., a new entomopathogenic species from Guizhou, China

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Yang ◽  
Yuanpin Xiao ◽  
Gangjiang Yu ◽  
TingChi Wen ◽  
ChunYing Deng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Entomopathogenic Fungi ◽  
Related Species ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Important Species ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Family ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
A New Species

Ophiocordyceps is the largest genus in the family Ophiocordicipitaceae, including many entomopathogenic species. In recent years, many species have been described in this genus, with a wide range of host insects. Entomopathogenic fungi include ecologically, economically and medicinally important species, but a large portion of their diversity remains to be discovered and described. In this study, a new species, Ophiocordyceps aphrophoridarum sp. nov, parasitising Aphrophoridae sp. (Hemiptera) is proposed from China, based on evidence from morphology and molecular phylogenetic analyses. This species is characterised by fibrous, pigmented stromata, cylindrical asci and filiform ascospores. Compared to its closest relative, O. tricentri, the new species has wider perithecia and longer asci. Molecular phylogenetic analyses of a multilocus dataset (consisting of SSU, ITS, LSU, TEF1, RPB1 and RPB2) confirm its placement in Ophiocordyceps. Ophiocordyceps aphrophoridarum is morphologically described and illustrated with colour photographs. Morphological comparisons with closely-related species are also presented in tabulated format.

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