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SUBMITTER: De Grave S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4558070 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
De Grave Sammy S Fransen Charles H J M CH Page Timothy J TJ
PeerJ 20150813
In recent years the systematic position of genera in the shrimp families Gnathophyllidae and Hymenoceridae has been under debate, with phylogenetic studies suggesting the families are not real family level units. Here, we review the molecular evidence as well as the morphological characters used to distinguish both families, leading to the conclusion that neither family is valid. Further, we studied the structural details of the single morphological character which distinguishes the two subfamil ...[more]