Systematic revisions and phylogenetic reconstructions
Systematic overviews of taxa at family or genus level form the basis for biodiversity studies in which knowledge on species is required. Phylogenetic reconstructions (usually based on molecular analyses) are used to classify the various species.
Selected references
Fransen, C.H.J.M., 2002. Taxonomy, phylogeny, historical biogeography, and historical ecology of the genus Pontonia Latreille (Crustacea, Decapoda, Caridea, Palaemonidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden 336: 1-433.
Hoeksema, B.W., 1989. Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of mushroom corals (Scleractinia: Fungiidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden 254: 1-295.
McFadden, C.S., P. Alderslade, L.P. van Ofwegen, H. Johnsen & A. Rusmevichientong, 2006. Phylogenetic relationships within the tropical soft coral genera Sarcophyton and Lobophytum (Anthozoa, Octocorallia). Invertebrate Biology 125 (4): 288–305.
Ofwegen, L.P. van, 2005. A new genus of nephtheid soft corals (Octocorallia: Alcyonacea: Nephtheidae from the Indo-Pacific. Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden 79-4: 1-236.
Oijen, M.J.P., 1996. Case studies on classification of Haplochromine fishes from Lake Victoria. PhD-thesis Universiteit Leiden, 110pp.
Razak, T.B. & B.W. Hoeksema, 2003. The hydrocoral genus Millepora (Hydrozoa: Capitata: Milleporidae) in Indonesia. Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden 345: 313-336.
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