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Publication Hou et al. (2025): cladograms

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Hou, K., X. Wang, J. Jia, X. Liu, X. Wu et al. 2025. Cryptic species, mitochondrial phylogenomics and historical biogeography in the endemic genus Schistodesmus Schistodesmus (Bivalvia, Unionidae) from China. Invertebrate Systematics 39: 1-17, corrigendum. Available electronically.

Cladogram Figures

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Cladogram Figure 4
              +-- Cuneopsis_heudei          
  +-----------+                             
  |           +-- Cuneopsis_celtiformis     
--+                                         
  |  +----------- Schistodesmus_tongpenensis
  +--+                                      
     |  +-------- Schistodesmus_spinosus    
     +--+                                   
        |  +----- Schistodesmus_xinyuensis  
        +--+                                
           |  +-- Schistodesmus_lampreyanus 
           +--+                             
              +-- Schistodesmus_luqiaoensis 
Cladogram Figure 5
                                   +-- Lampsilis_cardium           
  +--------------------------------+                               
  |                                +-- Quadrula_quadrula           
  |                                                                
  |                    +-------------- Cristaria_plicata           
  |              +-----+                                           
  |              |     |  +----------- Anemina_arcaeformis         
  |              |     +--+                                        
  |              |        |  +-------- Beringiana_fukuharai        
  |              |        +--+                                     
  |              |           |  +----- Sinanodonta_lucida          
  |              |           +--+                                  
  |  +-----------+              |  +-- Sinanodonta_woodiana        
  |  |           |              +--+                               
  |  |           |                 +-- Sinanodonta_tumens          
  |  |           |                                                 
--+  |           |  +----------------- Anodonta_nuttalliana        
  |  |           |  |                                              
  |  |           |  |        +-------- Pseudanodonta_complanata    
  |  |           |  |  +-----+                                     
  |  |           +--+  |     |  +----- Anodonta_anatina            
  |  |              |  |     +--+                                  
  |  |              |  |        |  +-- Anodonta_cygnea             
  |  |              |  |        +--+                               
  |  |              +--+           +-- Anodonta_exulcerata         
  |  |                 |                                           
  |  |                 |        +----- Pyganodon_grandis           
  |  |                 |  +-----+                                  
  |  |                 |  |     |  +-- Utterbackia_imbecillis      
  |  |                 |  |     +--+                               
  |  |                 +--+        +-- Utterbackia_peninsularis    
  +--+                    |                                        
     |                    |  +-------- Pterosyna_complanata        
     |                    +--+                                     
     |                       |  +----- Prolasmidonta_heterodon     
     |                       +--+                                  
     |                          |  +-- Platynaias_compressa        
     |                          +--+                               
     |                             +-- Alasmidonta_varicosa        
     |                                                             
     |                       +-------- Aculamprotula_tortuosa      
     |                       |                                     
     |  +--------------------+     +-- Aculamprotula_coreana       
     |  |                    |  +--+                               
     |  |                    |  |  +-- Aculamprotula_tientsinensis 
     |  |                    +--+                                  
     |  |                       |  +-- Aculamprotula_polysticta    
     |  |                       +--+                               
     |  |                          +-- Aculamprotula_scripta       
     |  |                                                          
     |  |              +-------------- Unio_tumidus                
     +--+  +-----------+                                           
        |  |           |  +----------- Unio_nanus                  
        |  |           +--+                                        
        |  |              |  +-------- Unio_delphinus              
        |  |              +--+                                     
        |  |                 |  +----- Unio_pictorum               
        |  |                 +--+                                  
        |  |                    |  +-- Unio_mancus                 
        |  |                    +--+                               
        |  |                       +-- Unio_elongatulus            
        +--+                                                       
           |                       +-- Pseudocuneopsis_sichuanensis
           |  +--------------------+                               
           |  |                    +-- Pseudocuneopsis_capitata    
           |  |                                                    
           |  |                 +----- Nodularia_dorri             
           |  |     +-----------+                                  
           |  |     |           |  +-- Nodularia_micheloti         
           |  |     |           +--+                               
           |  |  +--+              +-- Nodularia_hanensis          
           |  |  |  |                                              
           +--+  |  |  +-------------- Nodularia_breviconcha       
              |  |  |  |                                           
              |  |  +--+  +----------- Nodularia_huana             
              |  |     |  |                                        
              |  |     +--+  +-------- Nodularia_fusiformans       
              |  |        |  |                                     
              |  |        +--+     +-- Nodularia_nipponensis       
              |  |           |  +--+                               
              |  |           |  |  +-- Nodularia_nuxpersicae       
              +--+           +--+                                  
                 |              |  +-- Nodularia_douglasiae        
                 |              +--+                               
                 |                 +-- Nodularia_dualobtusa        
                 |                                                 
                 |        +----------- Schistodesmus_spinosus      
                 |     +--+                                        
                 |     |  |  +-------- Schistodesmus_tongpenensis  
                 |     |  +--+                                     
                 |     |     |  +----- Schistodesmus_xinyuensis    
                 |     |     +--+                                  
                 +-----+        |  +-- Schistodesmus_lampreyanus   
                       |        +--+                               
                       |           +-- Schistodesmus_luqiaoensis   
                       |                                           
                       |  +----------- Tchangsinaia_piscicula      
                       +--+                                        
                          |  +-------- Cuneopsis_rufescens         
                          +--+                                     
                             |  +----- Cuneopsis_celtiformis       
                             +--+                                  
                                |  +-- Cuneopsis_demangei          
                                +--+                               
                                   +-- Cuneopsis_heudei            
 
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