Molecular phylogeny of the Anthomedusae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa)

• Grant number: 06/05821-9
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Duration: February 01, 2007 - July 31, 2009
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Taxonomy of Recent Groups
• Principal Investigator: Alvaro Esteves Migotto
• Grantee: Alvaro Esteves Migotto
• Host Institution: Centro de Biologia Marinha (CEBIMAR). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Sebastião , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The class Hydrozoa is the most speciose among the Medusozoa, and includes the greatest diversity of cnidomes and life cycles among the Cnidaria. Yet, the phylogenetic relationships of hydrozoan groups are still poorly understood, what hinders comparative studies of model organisms (e.g., Hydra) and of the evolution of polypoid and medusoid characters. Estimating the phylogeny of hydrozoan groups is also necessary to propose a classification for the class based on phylogenetic relationships. The goal of this project is to elucidate the phylogenetic relationships of one of the most important hydrozoan groups - the order Anthomedusae - using DNA sequences. Sequences of multiple genes will be analyzed together with those gathered in recent studies. Multigene analyses are pivotal to elucidate difficult phylogenetic questions, and are becoming the new paradigm for evolutionary studies with large metazoan groups. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

DE SOUZA, JULIA N.; NUNES, FLAVIA L. D.; ZILBERBERG, CARLA; SANCHEZ, JUAN A.; MIGOTTO, ALVARO E.; HOEKSEMA, BERT W.; SERRANO, XAYMARA M.; BAKER, ANDREW C.; LINDNER, ALBERTO. Contrasting patterns of connectivity among endemic and widespread fire coral species (Millepora spp.) in the tropical Southwestern Atlantic. CORAL REEFS, v. 36, n. 3, p. 701-716, SEP 2017. (06/05821-9, 06/02960-8)

GNECCO, MARIANA; NUNES, FLAVIA L. D.; GONZALEZ-ZAPATA, FANNY L.; DUENAS, LUISA F.; ZILBERBERG, CARLA; LINDNER, ALBERTO; SANCHEZ, JUAN A.. Remarkable population structure in the tropical Atlantic lace corals Stylaster roseus (Pallas, 1766) and Stylaster blatteus (Boschma, 1961). CORAL REEFS, v. 42, n. 1, p. 14-pg., 2022-11-23. (06/05821-9, 06/02960-8)

DE CAMPOS, CARLOS JOSE ALEXANDRE; MIGOTTO, ALVARO ESTEVES; PINHEIRO, ULISSES; MARQUES, ANTONIO CARLOS. Sponges as substrata and early life history of the tubulariid Zyzzyzus warreni (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) in the Sao Sebastiao Channel, Brazil. MARINE BIOLOGY RESEARCH, v. 8, n. 7, p. 573-583, 2012. (06/05821-9, 11/50242-5, 98/07090-3, 04/09961-4)