New insights on the systematics of echinoids belonging to the family Spatangidae Gray, 1825 using a combined approach based on morphology, morphometry, and genetics

Spatangoids are probably the least resolved group within echinoids, with known topological incongruencies between phylogenies derived from molecular (very scarce) and morphological data. The present work, based on the analysis of 270 specimens of Spatangidae (Echinoidea, Spatangoida) trawled in the...

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Main Authors: Paolo Stara, Riccardo Melis, Andrea Bellodi, Maria Cristina Follesa, Carlo Corradini, Laura Carugati, Antonello Mulas, Michela Sibiriu, Rita Cannas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2023.1033710/full