首页|Phylogeny of some systematically uncertain urostyloids - Apokeronopsis, Metaurostylopsis, Thigmokeronopsis (Ciliophora, Stichotrichia) estimated with small subunit rRNA gene sequence information: Discrepancies and agreements with morphological data

Phylogeny of some systematically uncertain urostyloids - Apokeronopsis, Metaurostylopsis, Thigmokeronopsis (Ciliophora, Stichotrichia) estimated with small subunit rRNA gene sequence information: Discrepancies and agreements with morphological data

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The small Subunit rRNA (SSrRNA) genes of seven species of urostyloids representing four genera were sequenced. These were: Apokeronopsis crassa, A. bergeri, Anteholosticha sp-QD-1, Metaurostylopsis sp-QD-1, M. sp-QD-2, M. sp-QD-3 and Thigmokeronopsis sp-QD-1. Gene trees were constructed in order to investigate their phylogenetic relationships. The results indicate that: (1) Apokeronopsis, Thigmokeronopsis and Metaurostylopsis form a well-supported, clearly isolated, monophyletic group; (2) Metaurostylopsis species analysed consistently group together indicating that it is a well-outlined genus; (3) the validity of the genus Apokeronopsis is supported; (4) the separation of Holosticha and Anteholosticha is supported although Anteholosticha species exhibit a high molecular diversity; (5) Pseudokeronopsis and Thigmokeronopsis, which have been considered closely related, may not share a recent common ancestor, casting doubt on the monophyly of the family Pseudokeronopsidae. (C) 2008 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.

UrostylidsUrostyloideaHypotrichsCiliatesTaxonomyPhylogenyORDER HYPOTRICHIDA CILIOPHORAMARINA KAHLNOV-SPECMORPHOGENESISPROTOZOAREDEFINITIONCILIATESPIROTRICHEAJANKOWSKIALIGNMENT

Yi ZZ、Song WB、Shao C、Warren A、Al-Rasheid KAS、Roberts DM、Miao M、Al-Quraishy SA、Chen ZG

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[Yi, ZZ

Song, WB

Shao, C

Miao, M

Chen, ZG] Ocean Univ China, KLM, Lab Protozool, Qingdao 266003, Peoples R China

[Warren, A

Roberts, DM] Nat Hist Museum, Dept Zool, London SW7 5BD, England

[Al-Rasheid, KAS

Al-Quraishy, SA] King Saud Univ, Dept Zool, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia

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2008

European Journal of Protistology

European Journal of Protistology

SCI
ISSN:0932-4739
年,卷(期):2008.44(4)