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Decapoda

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Bay ghost shrimp Caribbean spiny lobsterPurple shore crab
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The root of the current tree connects the organisms featured in this tree to their containing group and the rest of the Tree of Life. The basal branching point in the tree represents the ancestor of the other groups in the tree. This ancestor diversified over time into several descendent subgroups, which are represented as internal nodes and terminal taxa to the right.

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The relationships of the major decapod infraorders shown above is based on the phylogeny estimated by Porter et al. (2005).
Containing group: Malacostraca

References

Abele, L. G. 1991. Comparison of morphological and molecular phylogeny of the Decapoda. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 31:101-108.

Abele, L. G. and B. E. Felgenhauer. 1986. Phylogenetic and phenetic relationships among the lower Decapoda. Journal of Crustacean Biology 6:385-400.

Dixon, C. J., S. T. Ahyong, and F. R. Schram. 2003. A new hypothesis of decapod phylogeny. Crustaceana 76:935-975.

Feldmann, R. M. 2003. The Decapoda: New initiatives and novel approaches. Journal of Paleontology 77 (6):1021-1039.

Kim, W. and L. G. Abele. 1990. Molecular phylogeny of selected decapod crustaceans based on 18S rRNA nucleotide sequences. Journal of Crustacean Biology 10:1-13.

Martin, J. W. and T. A. Haney. 2005. Decapod crustaceans from hydrothermal vents and cold seeps: a review through 2005. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 145(4):445-522.

Miller, A. D. and C. M. Austin. 2006. The complete mitochondrial genome of the mantid shrimp Harpiosquilla harpax, and a phylogenetic investigation of the Decapoda using mitochondrial sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 38(3):565-574.

Morrison, C.L., A. W. Harvey, S. Lavery, K. Tieu, Y. Huang and C.W. Cunnigham. 2002. Mitochondrial gene rearrangements confirm the parallel evolution of the crab-like form. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 269:345-350.

Porter, M. L., M. P?rez-Losada, and K. A. Crandall. 2005. Model-based multi-locus estimation of decapod phylogeny and divergence times. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 37(2):355-369.

Scholtz, G. and S. Richter. 1995. Phylogenetic systematics of reptantian Decapoda (Crustacea, Malacostraca). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 113:289-328.

Schram, F. R. 2001. Phylogeny of decapods: moving towards a consensus. Hydrobiologia 449:1-20.

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Title Illustrations
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Bay ghost shrimp
Scientific Name Neotrypaea californiensis
Comments Bay ghost shrimp (Anomura)
Creator Gerald and Buff Corsi
Acknowledgements Photograph courtesy CalPhotos
Copyright © 1999 California Academy of Sciences
Caribbean spiny lobster
Scientific Name Panulirus argus
Comments Caribbean spiny lobster (Palinura)
Acknowledgements Photograph courtesy CalPhotos
Copyright © 2002
Purple shore crab
Scientific Name Hemigrapsus nudus
Comments Purple shore crab (Brachyura)
Creator Gerald and Buff Corsi
Acknowledgements Photograph courtesy CalPhotos
Copyright © 1999 California Academy of Sciences
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Crandall, Keith A. 2007. Decapoda. Version 10 January 2007 (temporary). http://tolweb.org/Decapoda/6308/2007.01.10 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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