Phylogeny of calcareous dinoflagellates as inferred from ITS and ribosomal sequence data |
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Authors: | Gottschling Marc Keupp Helmut Plötner Jörg Knop Ronny Willems Helmut Kirsch Monika |
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Affiliation: | Freie Universit?t Berlin, Fachbereich Geologische Wissenschaften-Fachrichtung Pal?ontologie, Malteserstrasse 74-100, D-122 49 Berlin, Germany. caix@zedat.fu-berlin.de |
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Abstract: | The phylogenetic relationships of calcareous dinoflagellates (i.e., Calciodinellaceae and Thoracosphaera) are investigated. Molecular data from the ribosomal 5.8S rRNA and highly conserved motifs of the ITS1 show Calciodinellaceae s.l. to be monophyletic when few non-calcareous taxa are included. They segregate into three monophyletic assemblages in a molecular analysis that considers the 5.8S rRNA and both the Internal Transcribed Spacer regions ITS1 and ITS2: a clade comprising species of Ensiculifera and Pentapharsodinium (E/P-clade), Scrippsiella s.l. (including fossil-based taxa such as Calciodinellum and Calcigonellum), and a heterogeneous group (T/P-clade) of calcareous (e.g., Thoracosphaera) and non-calcareous taxa (e.g., the highly toxic Pfiesteria). The potential to produce calcareous structures is considered as apomorphic within alveolates, and non-calcareous taxa nesting with calcareous dinoflagellates may have reduced calcification secondarily. Molecular results do not contradict general evolutionary scenarios provided by previous morphological (mainly paleontological) investigations. |
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Keywords: | 5.8S rRNA Calciodinellaceae Internal transcribed spacer Paleontology Molecular systematics Secondary structure |
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