Ophiotomidae, Paterson, 1985

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Family Ophiotomidae

A 623 bp sequence of the COI gene was obtained after removing ambiguous aligned sites and used to reconstruct the ML tree from ten specimens for the family Ophiotomidae ( Fig. 46 ). We failed to get COI or 16S gene sequences from Ophiotreta eximia . Therefore, only Ophiopristis shenhaiyongshii sp. nov. was added to this phylogenetic tree from our collection. Two main clades were detected within Ophiotomidae . Inter-Clade 2A represents Ophiotreta matura , O. eximia , Ophiopristis shenhaiyongshii sp. nov., O. luctosa , O. procera and Ophiacantha spectabilis G.O. Sars, 1872 ( Fig. 46 ). Genetic distance values are provided in Suppl. file 6.

Figures

Fig. 46. Family Ophiotomidae Paterson, 1985, Maximum likelihood (ML) tree based on partial COI sequences (bootstrap support values were generated with rapid bootstrapping algorithm for 1000 replicates). Abbreviations: IC = Inter Clade; SC = Sub-Clade; SCS = South China Sea.