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Publication Neemuchwala et al. (2023): cladograms

publication summary | cladograms

Complete Citation

Neemuchwala, S., N.A. Johnson, J.M. Pfeiffer, M. Lopes-Lima, A. Gomes-dos-Santos et al. 2023. Coevolution with host fishes shapes parasitic life histories in a group of freshwater mussels (Unionidae: Quadrulini). Bulletin of the Society of Systematic Biology 2(1): 1-25. Available electronically.

Cladogram Figures

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Cladogram Figure 2
  +-------------------------------- Gonidea_angulata      
  |                                                       
  |                       +-------- Pleurobema_strodeanum 
  |  +--------------------+                               
--+  |                    |  +----- Amblema_plicata       
  |  |                    +--+                            
  |  |                       |  +-- Lampsilis_cardium     
  |  |                       +--+                         
  +--+                          +-- Popenaias_popeii      
     |                                                    
     |  +-------------------------- Megalonaias_nervosa   
     |  |                                                 
     |  |                 +-------- Uniomerus_carolinianus
     |  |  +--------------+                               
     +--+  |              |  +----- Uniomerus_columbensis 
        |  |              +--+                            
        |  |                 |  +-- Uniomerus_tetralasmus 
        |  |                 +--+                         
        |  |                    +-- Uniomerus_declivis    
        +--+                                              
           |              +-------- Theliderma_cylindrica 
           |  +-----------+                               
           |  |           |  +----- Theliderma_metanevra  
           |  |           +--+                            
           |  |              |  +-- Theliderma_sparsa     
           |  |              +--+                         
           +--+                 +-- Theliderma_johnsoni   
              |                                           
              |  +----------------- Cyclonaias_tuberculata
              |  |                                        
              |  |        +-------- Quadrula_nobilis      
              |  |  +-----+                               
              +--+  |     |  +----- Quadrula_verrucosa    
                 |  |     +--+                            
                 |  |        |  +-- Quadrula_fragosa      
                 |  |        +--+                         
                 |  |           +-- Quadrula_quadrula     
                 +--+                                     
                    |        +----- Pustulosa_nodulata    
                    |  +-----+                            
                    |  |     |  +-- Pustulosa_necki       
                    |  |     +--+                         
                    |  |        +-- Pustulosa_petrina     
                    +--+                                  
                       |        +-- Pustulosa_kieneriana  
                       |  +-----+                         
                       |  |     +-- Pustulosa_pustulosa   
                       +--+                               
                          |  +----- Pustulosa_succissa    
                          +--+                            
                             |  +-- Pustulosa_infucata    
                             +--+                         
                                +-- Pustulosa_kleiniana   
 
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