MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY OF COMMON CIBICIDIDS AND RELATED ROTALIIDA (FORAMINIFERA) BASED ON SMALL SUBUNIT RDNA SEQUENCES

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Research Article| October 01, 2009 MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY OF COMMON CIBICIDIDS AND RELATED ROTALIIDA (FORAMINIFERA) BASED ON SMALL SUBUNIT rDNA SEQUENCES Magali Schweizer; Magali Schweizer 4 1Geological Institute, ETHZ, Sonneggstrasse 5, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland2Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Budapestlaan 4, 3584 CD Utrecht, The Netherlands 4Correspondence author: E-mail: [e-mail] Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Jan Pawlowski; Jan Pawlowski 3Department of Zoology and Animal Biology, University of Geneva, Quai Ernest Ansermet 30, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Tanja Kouwenhoven; Tanja Kouwenhoven 2Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Budapestlaan 4, 3584 CD Utrecht, The Netherlands Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Bert van der Zwaan Bert van der Zwaan 2Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, Budapestlaan 4, 3584 CD Utrecht, The Netherlands Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Journal of Foraminiferal Research (2009) 39 (4): 300–315. https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.39.4.300 Article history received: 18 Mar 2009 accepted: 24 Aug 2009 first online: 03 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share MailTo Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Magali Schweizer, Jan Pawlowski, Tanja Kouwenhoven, Bert van der Zwaan; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY OF COMMON CIBICIDIDS AND RELATED ROTALIIDA (FORAMINIFERA) BASED ON SMALL SUBUNIT rDNA SEQUENCES. Journal of Foraminiferal Research 2009;; 39 (4): 300–315. doi: https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.39.4.300 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyJournal of Foraminiferal Research Search Advanced Search Abstract To infer the phylogenetic relationships of cibicidids, we obtained small subunit ribosomal DNA (SSU rDNA) sequences of six common cibicidid morphospecies. In view of our results, the placement of cibicidids in different superfamilies, the distinction between planoconvex Cibicides and biconvex Cibicidoides, and the erection of genera such as Fontbotia and Lobatula are unjustified. Moreover, the superfamily Planorbulinacea, in which cibicidids are often placed, is polyphyletic and coiling mode cannot be used as a major taxonomic criterion. Our data suggest that all cibicidids examined here could be classified in one unique family, the Cibicididae, that includes Melonis, Hanzawaia, Cibicides (for C. refulgens), and Cibicidoides for the other five morphospecies studied (C. kullenbergi, C. lobatulus, C. pachyderma, C. ungerianus, and C. wuellerstorfi).Among the six sampled morphospecies, Cibicides refulgens is least closely related to any of the other cibicidids and forms a clade consisting of two different species, Cibicides sp. and C. refulgens clearly separated by geography (Antarctic and Mediterranean, respectively). The morphospecies Cibicidoides kullenbergi and C. pachyderma form a single clade representing the same species. The three other species, Cibicidoides lobatulus, C. ungerianus, and C. wuellerstorfi are closely related. Cibicidoides lobatulus possibly comprises two genetically distinct populations, one in the Mediterranean and the other in the North Atlantic. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.