@article{6636653ff92348e08685fcd582ebb7cd,
title = "Phylogeny of the manta and devilrays (Chondrichthyes: Mobulidae), with an updated taxonomic arrangement for the family",
abstract = "DNA sequence data from mitochondrial genomes and c. 1000 nuclear exons were analysed for a complete taxon sampling of manta and devilrays (Mobulidae) to estimate a current molecular phylogeny for the family. The resulting inferences were combined with morphological information to adopt an integrated approach to resolving the taxonomic arrangement of the family. The members of the genus Manta were found to consistently nest within the Mobula species and consequently the genus Manta is placed into the synonymy of Mobula. Mobula eregoodootenkee, M. japanica and M. rochebrunei were each found to be junior synonyms of M. kuhlii, M. mobular and M. hypostoma, respectively. The mitochondrial and nuclear tree topologies were in agreement except for the placement of M. tarapacana which was basal to all other mobulids in the nuclear exon analysis, but as the sister group to the M. alfredi– M. birostris–M. mobular clade in the mitochondrial genome analysis. Results from this study are used to a revise the taxonomy for the family Mobulidae. A single genus is now recognized (where there were previously two) and eight nominal species (where there were previously 11).",
keywords = "DNA hybridization capture, Manta, Mobula, Phylogenetics, Taxonomy",
author = "White, {William T.} and Shannon Corrigan and Lei Yang and Henderson, {Aaron C.} and Bazinet, {Adam L.} and Swofford, {David L.} and Naylor, {Gavin J.P.}",
note = "Funding Information: We would like to thank the following people for their contribution to this study: Alastair Graham (CSIRO) for providing collection information; John Pogonoski (CSIRO) for providing editorial feedback on the final draft of the manuscript; Carlie Devine (CSIRO) for preparing images; Alec Moore (RSK Group) for providing images from the Persian Gulf; Simon Weigmann (University of Hamburg) for helping to track down obscure references; Alan Reeve and Tariq Al-Mamari (Sultan Qaboos University) for their help with specimen collection. Kerri Matthes and Elisabeth Rochel performed data collection for the mitochondrial NADH2 dataset. We would also like to thank the following museum staff for their hospitality during museum visits by WW and for providing collection data for material examined: Mamoru Yabe, Hisashi Imamura, Toshio Kawai, Kazuhiro Nakaya, Keisuke Ogimoto and other students (HUMZ); James Maclaine and Oliver Crimmen (BMNH); Romain Causse, Bernard S{\'e}ret, Guy Duhamel, Patrice Pruvost, Zora Gabsi and Claude Ferrara (MNHN); Ronald de Ruiter and Martien van Oijen (RMNH); and Renny Hadiaty (MZB). Thanks also to Janine Caira (University of Connecticut, USA) and Kirsten Jensen (Kansas University, USA) for their elasmobranch host specimen database available at http://tapewormdb.uconn. edu. Four of us (WW, SC, LY and GN) were supported by a National Science Foundation (NSF; http://www. nsf.gov) grant (Jaws and Backbone: Chondrichthyan Phylogeny and a Spine for the Vertebrate Tree of Life; DEB-01132229). The first author was also supported by the CSIRO{\textquoteright}s Oceans & Atmosphere Flagship and the National Research Collections Australia. Funding Information: We would like to thank the following people for their contribution to this study: Alastair Graham (CSIRO) for providing collection information; John Pogonoski (CSIRO) for providing editorial feedback on the final draft of the manuscript; Carlie Devine (CSIRO) for preparing images; Alec Moore (RSK Group) for providing images from the Persian Gulf; Simon Weigmann (University of Hamburg) for helping to track down obscure references; Alan Reeve and Tariq Al-Mamari (Sultan Qaboos University) for their help with specimen collection. Kerri Matthes and Elisabeth Rochel performed data collection for the mitochondrial NADH2 dataset. We would also like to thank the following museum staff for their hospitality during museum visits by WW and for providing collection data for material examined: Mamoru Yabe, Hisashi Imamura, Toshio Kawai, Kazuhiro Nakaya, Keisuke Ogimoto and other students (HUMZ); James Maclaine and Oliver Crimmen (BMNH); Romain Causse, Bernard S?ret, Guy Duhamel, Patrice Pruvost, Zora Gabsi and Claude Ferrara (MNHN); Ronald de Ruiter and Martien van Oijen (RMNH); and Renny Hadiaty (MZB). Thanks also to Janine Caira (University of Connecticut, USA) and Kirsten Jensen (Kansas University, USA) for their elasmobranch host specimen database available at http://tapewormdb.uconn.edu. Four of us (WW, SC, LY and GN) were supported by a National Science Foundation (NSF; http://www.nsf.gov) grant (Jaws and Backbone: Chondrichthyan Phylogeny and a Spine for the Vertebrate Tree of Life; DEB-01132229). The first author was also supported by the CSIRO?s Oceans & Atmosphere Flagship and the National Research Collections Australia. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 The Linnean Society of London, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.",
year = "2018",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1093/zoolinnean/zlx018",
language = "English",
volume = "182",
pages = "50--75",
journal = "Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society",
issn = "0024-4082",
publisher = "Wiley-Blackwell",
number = "1",
}