TY - JOUR AB - The current morphological classification of the Demospongiae G4 clade was tested using large subunit ribosomal RNA (LSU rRNA) sequences from 119 taxa. Fifty-three mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase 1 (CO1) barcoding sequences were also analysed to test whether the 28S phylogeny could be recovered using an independent gene. This is the largest and most comprehensive study of the Demospongiae G4 clade. The 28S and CO1 genetrees result in congruent clades but conflict with the current morphological classification. The results confirm the polyphyly of Halichondrida, Hadromerida, Dictyonellidae, Axinellidae and Poecilosclerida and show that several of the characters used in morphological classifications are homoplasious. Robust clades are clearly shown and a new hypothesis for relationships of taxa allocated to G4 is proposed. A1 - Morrow, C. A1 - Picton, B. A1 - Erpenbeck, D. A1 - Boury-Esnault, N. A1 - Maggs, C. A1 - Allcock, A. DO - 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.09.016 JO - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution N1 - on line october 2011 IS - 1 SP - 174 EP - 190 C1 - 62(1): 174-190 TI - Congruence between nuclear and mitochondrial genes in Demospongiae: A new hypothesis for relationships within the G4 clade (Porifera: Demospongiae) UR - https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=154010 VL - 62 PY - 2012 Y2 - 2024-03-28 ER -