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1 October 2018 Molecular Phylogeny of the Family Capitellidae (Annelida)
Shinri Tomioka, Keiichi Kakui, Hiroshi Kajihara
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Abstract

Capitellids have emerged as monophyletic in most but not all recent molecular phylogenies, indicating that more extensive taxon sampling is necessary. In addition, monophyly of most or all capitellid genera was questionable, as some diagnostic characters vary ontogenetically within individuals. We tested the monophyly of Capitellidae and eight capitellid genera using phylogenetic analyses of combined 18S, 28S, H3, and COI gene sequences from 36 putative capitellid species. In our trees, Capitellidae formed a monophyletic sister group to Echiura, and Capitella was also monophyletic, separated by a long branch from other capitellids. Well-supported clades each containing representatives of different genera, or containing a subset of species within a genus, indicated that Barantolla, Heteromastus, and Notomastus are likely not monophyletic. We mapped three morphological characters traditionally used to define capitellid genera (head width relative to width of first segment, number of thoracic segments, and number of segments with capillary chaetae) onto our tree. While Capitella showed unique character states, states in the other genera were decidedly not phylogenetically informative. Morphology-based capitellid taxonomy will require a fine-scale reevaluation of character states and detection of new characters.

© 2018 Zoological Society of Japan
Shinri Tomioka, Keiichi Kakui, and Hiroshi Kajihara "Molecular Phylogeny of the Family Capitellidae (Annelida)," Zoological Science 35(5), 436-445, (1 October 2018). https://doi.org/10.2108/zs180009
Received: 17 January 2018; Accepted: 5 May 2018; Published: 1 October 2018
KEYWORDS
Capitellida
capitellids
Scolecida
Sedentaria
systematics
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