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Molecular data on two mitochondrial genes of a newly discovered crustacean species (Lightiella magdalenina, Cephalocarida)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 November 2009

Daria Sanna ,
Alberto Addis ,
Marcella Carcupino  and
Paolo Francalacci
Daria Sanna
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Zoologia e Genetica Evoluzionistica, Università di Sassari, Via Muroni 25, 07100 Sassari, Italy
Alberto Addis
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Zoologia e Genetica Evoluzionistica, Università di Sassari, Via Muroni 25, 07100 Sassari, Italy
Marcella Carcupino
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Zoologia e Genetica Evoluzionistica, Università di Sassari, Via Muroni 25, 07100 Sassari, Italy
Paolo Francalacci*
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Zoologia e Genetica Evoluzionistica, Università di Sassari, Via Muroni 25, 07100 Sassari, Italy
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: P. Francalacci, Dipartimento di Zoologia e Genetica Evoluzionistica, Università di Sassari, Via Muroni 25, 07100 Sassari, Italy email: pfrancalacci@uniss.it
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Abstract

Cephalocarida is a rare and poorly known class of small benthic crustaceans, consisting of only eleven species belonging to five genera. Thus far, only one species (Hutchinsoniella macracantha) has been studied at molecular level. We report the partial sequences of two phylogenetically important mitochondrial genes (Cytochrome c Oxidase I and Cytochrome b) from the newly discovered Mediterranean species, Lightiella magdalenina. The genetic relationships between the two cephalocarid species are discussed.

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COICyt-bphylogenesis

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 90 , Issue 4 , June 2010 , pp. 827 - 829
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009

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