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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Molecular phylogeny of the superfamily Palaemonoidea (Crustacea : Decapoda : Caridea) based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA reveals discrepancies with the current classification

Qi Kou A B , Xinzheng Li A E , Tin-Yam Chan C , Ka Hou Chu D and Zhibin Gan A B
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A Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 7 Nanhai Road, Qingdao 266071, China.

B Graduate University, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China.

C Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University, 2 Pei-Ning Road, Keelung 20224, Taiwan.

D Simon F. S. Li Marine Science Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N. T., Hong Kong.

E Corresponding author. Email: lixzh@qdio.ac.cn

Invertebrate Systematics 27(5) 502-514 https://doi.org/10.1071/IS13005
Submitted: 13 February 2013  Accepted: 25 June 2013   Published: 31 October 2013

Abstract

Palaemonoidea is one of the most speciose superfamilies of Caridea. Since it was established, several classification schemes of Palaemonoidea have been proposed and modified. However, the current classification of Palaemonoidea is still in dispute. In this study, one mitochondrial gene (16S rRNA) and three nuclear genes (histone 3, 18S rRNA and 28S rRNA) were used to explore the phylogenetic relationships among the subgroups of the superfamily Palaemonoidea, including seven families with 25 affiliated genera. Based on the combined data with both maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference analyses, the results support the monophyly of Anchistioididae and Hymenoceridae. In contrast, Gnathophyllidae is suggested to be paraphyletic and Palaemonidae is shown to be a polyphyletic group. Our analyses reveal that the subfamily Palaemoninae could be approximately divided into three clades, and the branchiostegal groove is the probable morphological evidence of the environmental transition from sea to fresh water. Besides, for some of the Palaemonoidea families, their taxonomic status is obscure. A revision of Palaemonoidea and a re-evaluation of its constituent taxa appear to be necessary even though the systematic status of the subfamily Pontoniinae is still undetermined.


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