A phylogenetic analysis of the Primnoidae (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Calcaxonia) with analyses of character evolution and a key to the genera and subgenera

A phylogenetic analysis of the Primnoidae (Anthozoa: Octocorallia: Calcaxonia) with analyses of character evolution and a key to the genera and subgenera

Abstract Background Previous phylogenetic analyses of primnoid octocorals utilizing morphological or molecular data have each recovered evolutionary relationships among genera that are largely incongruent with each other, with some exceptions. In an effort to reconcile molecular-based phylogenies wi...

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Main Authors: Stephen D. Cairns, Herman H. Wirshing
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-05-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Subjects:
Octocoral
Alcyonarian
Phylogenetics
Systematics
Primnoidae
Ancestral state reconstruction
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-018-1182-5

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