12 Arthropod phylogeny and the origin of Tracheata (= Atelocerata) from Remipedia–like ancestors

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. List of Contributing Authors v
3. Content xiii
4. 1 Introduction 1
5. Part I: New Data and Phylogenies
6. 2 Progress and perspectives of the deep nonbilaterian phylogeny, with focus on sponges (Phylum Porifera) 9
7. 3 Phylogenetics and phylogenomics at the root of the Metazoa 23
8. 4 The Chaetognatha : An anarchistic taxon between Protostomia and Deuterostomia 49
9. 5 Brain complexity in protostomes 79
10. 6 Brains in Gastrotricha and Cycloneuralia – a comparison 93
11. 7 Phylogeny of platyzoan taxa based on molecular data 105
12. 8 Lophophorata monophyletic – after all 127
13. 9 Phylogeny and evolution of Annelida based on molecular data 143
14. 10 From morphology to phylogenomics: Placing the enigmatic Myzostomida in the tree of life 161
15. 11 Coeloms and nephridia in annelids and arthropods 173
16. 12 Arthropod phylogeny and the origin of Tracheata (= Atelocerata) from Remipedia–like ancestors 285
17. 13 Phylogeny of the most species-rich group on Earth, the Pterygota : Ancient problems, living hypotheses and bridging gaps 343
18. 14 The central complex in Crustacea 361
19. 15 Advances in molecular phylogeny of crustaceans in the light of phylogenomic data 385
20. 16 Phylogeny of the Chelicerates: Morphological and molecular evidence 399
21. 17 Deuterostome phylogeny – a molecular perspective 413
22. 18 Deuterostome phylogeny – a morphological perspective 425
23. 19 Mitochondrial gene order in Metazoa – theme and variations 459
24. Part II: New Tools and Methods
25. 20 Documenting Morphology: Morph·D·Base 475
26. 21 Neurophylogeny – from description to character analysis 505
27. 22 Computational methods for the analysis of mitochondrial genome rearrangements 515
28. 23 RNA in phylogenetic reconstruction 531
29. 24 Intron positions and near intron pairs 539
30. 25 Molecular morphology: Higher order characters derivable from sequence information 549
31. 26 Systematic errors in maximum-likelihood tree inference 563
32. 27 Topological bias of maximum-likelihood trees inferred from star phylogenies in the event of correct and incorrect model assumptions 585
33. 28 Exploring phylogenomic data 595
34. References 619
35. Index 723