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Publication Lopes-Lima et al. (2024): cladograms
publication summary | cladograms Complete CitationLopes-Lima, M., J. Geist, S. Egg, L. Beran, A. Bikashvili et al. 2024. Integrative phylogenetic, phylogeographic and morphological characterisation of the Unio crassus species complex reveals cryptic diversity with important conservation implications. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 195. 108046 (27 pp.). Available electronically.
Cladogram Figures(click the figure number to see the cladogram) Cladogram Figure 2
+-- Unio_pictorum
+--------------------------+
| +-- Unio_delphinus
--+
| +-------------------------- Unio_tumidiformis
| |
+--+ +----------------------- Unio_sesirmensis
| |
+--+ +-------------------- Unio_desectus
| |
+--+ +----------------- Unio_damascensis
| |
| | +-------------- Unio_ionicus
+--+ |
| | +-- Unio_nanus
| | +--------+
+--+ | +-- Unio_carneus
| |
| | +-- Unio_gontierii
| | |
| | +-- Unio_crassus__1
+--+--------+
| +-- Unio_crassus__2
| |
| +-- Unio_crassus__3
|
| +-------- Unio_vicarius
| |
+--+ +----- Unio_bruguierianus__1
| |
+--+----- Unio_bruguierianus__2
|
| +-- Unio_bruguierianus__3
+--+
+-- Unio_mardinensis
Cladogram Figure 4-5_AHE
+----- Lanceolaria_lanceolata
+--------------------------+
| | +-- Anodonta_anatina
| +--+
| +-- Anodonta_cygnea
--+
| +-- Tchangsinaia_piscicula
| +--------------------------+
| | +-- Nodularia_douglasiae
+--+
| +-------------------------- Unio_gibbus
| |
+--+ +----------------------- Unio_tumidus
| |
| | +----- Unio_terminalis
+--+ +--------------+
| | | +-- Unio_delphinus
| | +--+
| | +-- Unio_pictorum
+--+
| +----------------- Unio_tumidiformis
| |
| | +-- Unio_ionicus
+--+ +-----------+
| | +-- Unio_carneus
| |
| | +-- Unio_damascensis
+--+ +--------+
| | +-- Unio_sesirmensis
| |
| | +----- Unio_bruguierianus
+--+ +--+
| | | +-- Unio_gontierii
| | +--+
| | +-- Unio_mardinensis
+--+
| +-- Unio_crassus
| +--+
| | +-- Unio_nanus
+--+
| +-- Unio_vicarius
+--+
+-- Unio_desectus
Cladogram Figure 4-5_MtG
+----- Lanceolaria_lanceolata
+--------------------------------+
| | +-- Anodonta_anatina
| +--+
| +-- Anodonta_cygnea
--+
| +-- Tchangsinaia_piscicula
| +--------------------------------+
| | +-- Nodularia_dualobtusa
| |
+--+ +-- Unio_gibbus
| +-----------------------------+
| | +-- Unio_tumidus
| |
+--+ +----- Unio_terminalis
| +-----------------------+
| | | +-- Unio_delphinus
| | +--+
+--+ +-- Unio_pictorum
|
| +-------------------------- Unio_tumidiformis
| |
+--+ +----------------------- Unio_sesirmensis
| |
+--+ +-------------------- Unio_ionicus
| |
+--+ +----------------- Unio_damascensis
| |
+--+ +-------------- Unio_desectus
| |
| | +-- Unio_crassus
+--+ +--------+
| | +-- Unio_gontierii
| |
+--+ +-- Unio_bruguierianus
| +-----+
| | +-- Unio_mardinensis
+--+
| +----- Unio_vicarius
+--+
| +-- Unio_carneus
+--+
+-- Unio_nanus
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