A comprehensive molecular phylogeny of the brachyuran crab superfamily Xanthoidea provides novel insights into its systematics and evolutionary history
Abstract
We present the most comprehensive phylogeny for the crab superfamily Xanthoidea. Results upend conventional morphology-based classification. 6 xanthoidean families are recognized including revised subfamilial classification. Diversification in xanthoid crabs is not associated with habitat depth.
- Publication:
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Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
- Pub Date:
- December 2022
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2022MolPE.17707627M
- Keywords:
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- Evolution;
- Taxonomy;
- Phylogenetics;
- Xanthoid crab;
- Crustacea;
- Decapoda;
- Brachyura