Molecular phylogeny and diversity of sea pens (Cnidaria: Octocorallia: Pennatulacea) with a focus on shallow water species of the northwestern Pacific Ocean
Abstract
Most inclusive molecular data for 12 families and 20 genera of sea pens were used. Families Veretillidae and Echinoptilidae were not shown as ancestral taxa. Results suggest that families Virgulariidae and Scleroptilidae are polyphyletic. This report includes new records from the Ryukyu Islands and Palau.
- Publication:
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Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
- Pub Date:
- February 2019
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.032
- Bibcode:
- 2019MolPE.131..233K
- Keywords:
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- Sea pens;
- Molecular phylogenetics;
- Diversity;
- Northwestern Pacific;
- Shallow water;
- Anthozoa