Meeting Abstract 50-1  Saturday, Jan. 5 10:15 – 10:30  Phylogeny of sea spider (Arthropoda, Pycnogonida) families determined with mitochondrial genomes COLLINS, EE*; HALANYCH, KM; MAHON, AR; Central Michigan Univ.; Auburn Univ.; Central Michigan Univ. eecollin1@gmail.com http://eecollins.wixsite.com/research Globally distributed pycnogonids, sea spiders, are a speciose chelicerate clade with 10 putative extant families. There is general agreement concerning both […]

Meeting Abstract 50-4  Saturday, Jan. 5 11:00 – 11:15  Accurate phylogenetic relationships can be produced from fragments of DNA LYNCH, LM*; HOLLEMAN, G; BOOTH, W; Washington University School of Medicine; University of Tulsa; University of Tulsa lynch.leigha.m@wustl.edu DNA is commonly used to hypothesize the phylogenetic relationships among species. Degraded DNA can be sourced from fossils, scat, and […]

Meeting Abstract 50-3  Saturday, Jan. 5 10:45 – 11:00  A Targeted Exon-Capture Phylogenomic Approach to Resolve the Phylogeny of Chaetopteridae (Annelida) MOORE, J.M.*; OSBORN, K.J.; Florida Museum of Natural History; National Museum of Natural History jmoore@ufl.edu The tube-dwelling family Chaetopteridae are unique among annelids in their remarkably tagmatized body plan. Their three-part bodies have allowed morphological specialization […]