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1 August 2001 PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS OF SPECIES OF RAYMUNIDA (DECAPODA: GALATHEIDAE) BASED ON MORPHOLOGY AND MITOCHONDRIAL CYTOCHROME OXIDASE SEQUENCES, WITH THE RECOGNITION OF FOUR NEW SPECIES
E. Macpherson, A. Machordom
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Abstract

The species of the genus Raymunida from the Pacific and Indian oceans are revised using morphological characters and the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I sequences. Four new species are described (R. confundens, R. dextralis, R. erythrina, and R. insulata), and the status of R. bellior and R. elegantissima are revised. The species of Raymunida can be identified by subtle morphological characters, which match differences in mitochondrial nucleotide sequences. Therefore, the sequence divergences confirm the specific and phylogenetic value of some morphological characters (e.g., length of the mesial spine on the basal antennal segment, length of the walking legs). Furthermore, they confirm the importance of the color pattern as a diagnostic character. The widespread species (R. elegantissima), known from the Philippines to Fiji, shows minimal divergence between specimens from different localities (maximum of 3 nucleotide differences or 0.2% mean divergence). The phylogenetic reconstruction agreed with the monophyletic condition of Raymunida and its differentiation with respect to the genus Munida (in which Raymunida species had previously been included) and Agononida.

E. Macpherson and A. Machordom "PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS OF SPECIES OF RAYMUNIDA (DECAPODA: GALATHEIDAE) BASED ON MORPHOLOGY AND MITOCHONDRIAL CYTOCHROME OXIDASE SEQUENCES, WITH THE RECOGNITION OF FOUR NEW SPECIES," Journal of Crustacean Biology 21(3), 696-714, (1 August 2001). https://doi.org/10.1651/0278-0372(2001)021[0696:PROSOR]2.0.CO;2
Received: 10 April 2000; Accepted: 8 November 2000; Published: 1 August 2001
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