Cryptic carnivores: Intercontinental sampling reveals extensive novel diversity in a genus of freshwater annelids

• Published in: Molecular phylogenetics and evolution Vol. 182; p. 107748
• Main Authors: Mack, Joseph M., Klinth, Mårten, Martinsson, Svante, Lu, Robert, Stormer, Hannah, Hanington, Patrick, Proctor, Heather C., Erséus, Christer, Bely, Alexandra E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.05.2023
• Subjects: Animals; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Biogeography; Biokemi och molekylärbiologi; Clitellata; Cryptic species; Ecology; Ecosystem; Fresh Water; Freshwater; Oligochaeta - genetics; Phylogeny; Biogeography; Cryptic species; Phylogeny; Freshwater; Clitellata

[Display omitted] •Chaetogaster is an unusual genus of predatory and symbiotic clitellate annelids.•Phylogenetic analysis reveals extensive cryptic diversity in Chaetogaster.•Potentially two origins of carnivory in the genus Chaetogaster. Freshwater annelids are globally widespread in aquatic ecosys...