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. 1999 Aug;85(4):695-704.

A cladistic approach to relationships in pentastomida

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  • PMID: 10461951

A cladistic approach to relationships in pentastomida

W de Oliveira Almeida et al. J Parasitol. 1999 Aug.

Abstract

The positioning of the Pentastomida among the Metazoa has provoked many debates up to the present. On the other hand, the internal relationships among the pentastomid subgroups have received much less attention in the past. We provide the first phylogenetic analyses under Hennigian principles. Thirty-two morphological characters were selected from the primary literature, analyzed manually, and then with the program Hennig86. Four most parsimonious trees were obtained; these were analyzed by successive weighting and reduced to 1 consensus cladogram 380 steps long, with a consistency index of 0.98 and a retention index of 0.99. Characters were also analyzed as unordered, producing results that were congruent with the previous analyses. The internal groups were ordered according to the following system: (Heymnonsicambria + Haffnericambria + Backlericambria (Cephalobaenida (Railietiellida nov. (Reighardiida nov. (Porocephalida (Linguatuloidea (Linguatulidae + Subtriquetridae) + Porocephaloidea (Sebekidae + Porocephalidae))))))). This phylogenetic system is largely congruent with the first modern taxonomic arrangement proposed for the Pentastomida.

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