RT Journal Article
T1 Phylogenomic analyses of a Mediterranean earthworm family(Annelida: Hormogastridae)
A1 Novo Rodríguez, Marta
A1 Fernández García, Rosa Mª
A1 Andrade, Sonia C. S.
A1 Marchán, Daniel F.
A1 Cunha, Luis
A1 Díaz Cosín, Darío J.
AB Earthworm taxonomy and evolutionary biology remain a challenge because of their scarce distinct morphological characters of taxonomic value, the morphological convergence by adaptation to the uniformity of the soil where they inhabit, and their high plasticity when challenged with stressful or new environmental conditions. Here we present a phylogenomic study of the family Hormogastridae, representing also the first piece of work of this type within earthworms. We included seven transcriptomes of the group representing the main lineages as previously-described, analysed in a final matrix that includes twelve earthworms and eleven outgroups. While there is a high degree of gene conflict in the generated trees that obscure some of the internal relationships, the origin of the family is well resolved: the hormogastrid Hemigastrodrilus appears as the most ancestral group, followed by the ailoscolecid Ailoscolex, therefore rejecting the validity of the family Ailoscolecidae. Our results place the origin of hormogastrids in Southern France, as previously hypothesised.
PB Elsevier
SN 1055-7903, ESSN: 1095-9513
YR 2016
FD 2016-01
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/23491
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/23491
LA eng
NO Unión Europea. FP7
NO Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 8 abr 2025