Antarctic Isopods

Rachel Grant

doi:10.15468/qsorje

Antarctic Isopods

Citation

Grant R, Van de Putte A (2019). Antarctic Isopods. SCAR - AntOBIS. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/qsorje accessed via GBIF.org on 2020-02-20.

Description

The phylogenetic relationships of 14 species of the Antarctic amphipod families Epimeriidae and Iphimediidae were investigated using 553 bp of the gene for the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) and 98 morphological characters. Both families are dominant members of the Antarctic benthic amphipod community. In contrast to previous studies, our molecular and morphological data suggest that the families Epimeriidae and Iphimediidae may not be sister taxa. Our study suggests that Iphimediidae are more closely related to Eusirus (Eusiridae) than to Epimeria (Epimeriidae). Phylogenetic analyses based on maximum parsimony (MP) and maximum likelihood (ML) indicate that the genera Iphimediella and Gnathiphimedia are not monophyletic.

Additional info

marine, harvested by iOBIS

Taxonomic Coverages

urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1131

Isopoda
rank: order

Geographic Coverages

Antarctica

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Rachel Grant
originator

Anton Van de Putte
metadata author
Antarctic Biodiversity Information Facility (ANTABIF)
email: antonarctica@gmail.com
homepage: http://data.biodiversity.aq

Rachel Grant
administrative point of contact