Franjevic; D., Kalafatic; M., Kerovec M., Gottstein S. Phylogeny of cave-dwelling atyid shrimp Troglocaris in the Dinaric Karst based on sequences of three mitochondrial genes // Periodicum Biologorum. 2010. Vol. 112, N 2, 159-166.
Results: Based on phylogenetic analysis of three mitochondrial genes from 14 populations of the closely related atyid taxa, do not support the monophyly of the genus Troglocaris. Moreover, new insights were introduced in the Atyidae subfamily status. At subfamily level, a difference in current taxonomy was observed which excluded the genus Spelaeocaris from Typhlatyinae and placed it inside Paratyinae. Additionally the closest relative to the French species Troglocaris inermis appears to be the surface-dwelling shrimp Atyaephyra desmaresti.
Conclusions: The separation of the oldest Western Troglocaris lineage from the Dinaro-Caucasian lineages is estimated to have occurred in the Late Miocene. Also DNA sequence data suggest that Troglocaris hercegovinensis from South Herzegovina and Troglocaris kutaissiana complex from Western Caucasus are sister species.
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