Phylogenetic relationships of the marine nematode family comesomatidae.

ABSTRACT: The phylogenetic relationships of the Comesomatidae have remained unresolved at the family level because they have diagnostic morphological features of both the Monhysterida and the Chromadorida. A comparison of the partial sequence of 18S rDNA from representative taxa of Comesomatidae and of morphological data, analyzed in conjunction with molecular and morphological data from monhysterids and chromadorids, suggests a closer relationship of the Comesomatidae with Monhysterida than with Chromadorida.

SUBMITTER: Sharma J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2586451 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature