Two new species of groundwater amphipods of the genus Niphargus Schiödte, 1849 from northwestern Iran
This study was conducted to describe and illustrate two new species of groundwater amphipods from the northern parts of the Zagros Mountains in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. Mitochondrial (COI) and nuclear (28S rDNA) fragments as well as several morphological traits were used to characterize Nipha...
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| author | Mahmoud Mamaghani-Shishvan Somayeh Esmaeili-Rineh |
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| description | This study was conducted to describe and illustrate two new species of groundwater amphipods from the northern parts of the Zagros Mountains in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. Mitochondrial (COI) and nuclear (28S rDNA) fragments as well as several morphological traits were used to characterize Niphargus urmiensis sp. nov. and Niphargus fiseri sp. nov. The phylogenetic analyses showed that the nucleotide differences between the recently described species and their close allies are attributed to their distinctiveness. The molecular analysis also introduced that the new species are placed within the clade comprising Iranian species as a sister taxon. The genetic distances between N. urmiensis sp. nov. and N. fiseri sp. nov. are 7.6% and 1.6%, respectively based on the COI and 28S rDNA gene fragments. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e2484ff3c26f4413a8c51897af422d432022-12-21T21:32:04ZengConsortium of European Natural History MuseumsEuropean Journal of Taxonomy2118-97732019-08-0154610.5852/ejt.2019.546Two new species of groundwater amphipods of the genus Niphargus Schiödte, 1849 from northwestern IranMahmoud Mamaghani-Shishvan0Somayeh Esmaeili-Rineh1Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Razi University, KermanshahDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Science, Razi University, KermanshahThis study was conducted to describe and illustrate two new species of groundwater amphipods from the northern parts of the Zagros Mountains in West Azerbaijan Province, Iran. Mitochondrial (COI) and nuclear (28S rDNA) fragments as well as several morphological traits were used to characterize Niphargus urmiensis sp. nov. and Niphargus fiseri sp. nov. The phylogenetic analyses showed that the nucleotide differences between the recently described species and their close allies are attributed to their distinctiveness. The molecular analysis also introduced that the new species are placed within the clade comprising Iranian species as a sister taxon. The genetic distances between N. urmiensis sp. nov. and N. fiseri sp. nov. are 7.6% and 1.6%, respectively based on the COI and 28S rDNA gene fragments.https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/74128S rDNA and COI genesmorphological datanew niphargidstaxonomyWest Azerbaijan Province |
| spellingShingle | Mahmoud Mamaghani-Shishvan Somayeh Esmaeili-Rineh Two new species of groundwater amphipods of the genus Niphargus Schiödte, 1849 from northwestern Iran European Journal of Taxonomy 28S rDNA and COI genes morphological data new niphargids taxonomy West Azerbaijan Province |
| title | Two new species of groundwater amphipods of the genus Niphargus Schiödte, 1849 from northwestern Iran |
| title_full | Two new species of groundwater amphipods of the genus Niphargus Schiödte, 1849 from northwestern Iran |
| title_fullStr | Two new species of groundwater amphipods of the genus Niphargus Schiödte, 1849 from northwestern Iran |
| title_full_unstemmed | Two new species of groundwater amphipods of the genus Niphargus Schiödte, 1849 from northwestern Iran |
| title_short | Two new species of groundwater amphipods of the genus Niphargus Schiödte, 1849 from northwestern Iran |
| title_sort | two new species of groundwater amphipods of the genus niphargus schiodte 1849 from northwestern iran |
| topic | 28S rDNA and COI genes morphological data new niphargids taxonomy West Azerbaijan Province |
| url | https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/view/741 |
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