Can Skeletal Morphology Support New Molecular Phylogenies of Antedonidae (Crinoidea: Comatulida)?
Antedonidae (Crinoidea: Comatulida) is the largest of extant crinoid families; it currently includes ~155 accepted species in 50 genera and accounts for ~23% of extant crinoid species (~29% of feather stars) and 27% of genera. Molecular phylogenies have returned the family as polyphyletic, with seve...
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NSUWorks
2016
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| Online Access: | http://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_stuetd/424 http://nsuworks.nova.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1426&context=occ_stuetd |