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Identifier
42745
Type K
Principal investigator Csuzdi, Csaba
Title in Hungarian A Lumbricidae család revíziója (Annelida: Oligochaeta)
Title in English Revision of the earthworm family Lumbricidae (Annelida: Oligochaeta)
Panel Complex agricultural sciences
Department or equivalent Department of Zoology (Hungarian Natural History Museum)
Participants Oravecz, Orsolya
Zicsi, András
Starting date 2003-01-01
Closing date 2007-12-31
Funding (in million HUF) 7.520
FTE (full time equivalent) 0.00
state closed project





 

Final report

  
Results in Hungarian
Kiépítettük a Lumbricidae család nomenklaturai adatbázisát. Ez az adatbázis 1104 leírt Lumbricidae nevet tartalmaz, a http://earthworm.uw.hu oldalon érhető el. Molekuláris vizsgálataink a 18S rDNS szekvencia igen kis variabilitását mutatták, ezért kutatásainkat kiterjesztettük más génekre is (16S rDNS és COI szekvencia). A kombinált analízis alátámasztotta, az é-amerikai vörös epigeikus csoport monofiliáját. Érdekesség, hogy az Allolobophoridella és a Dendrodrilus fajok nélkül a Bimastos nem parafiletikusnak tűnik. Szintén figyelemre méltó, hogy a kombinált analízis egyértelműen monofiletikusnak mutatja a Fitzingeria nemet viszonylag távol a Dendrobaena fajoktól. Az Eisenia nem itt is monofiletikus, a Bimastos-Dendrodrilus-Allolobophoridella klád testvércsoportja. Az Aporrectodea is monofiletikusnak tűnik, meg kell azonban jegyeznünk, hogy az Allolobophora s.l. csoportból csak kevés fajból rendelkeztünk mindhárom gén szekvenciájával. A 3 génszakasz együttes vizsgálata megerősítette a már morfológiailag is elég robusztusnak tekintett Octodrilus és Lumbricus nemek monofiletikus eredetét is. Összességében megállapíthatjuk, hogy a 3 gén együttes vizsgálata során sokkal jobb felbontású és realisztikusabb eredményeket kaptunk annál, mint amit korábban az egyes gének külön vizsgálata mutatott, de egy koherens filogenetikai kép kialakításához mindenképp még más géneket is be kell vonnunk a vizsgálatokba
Results in English
We have set up a Lumbricidae nomenclatural database. This database contains 1104 specific epithets and available online: http://earthworm.uw.hu. The molecular analysis of 18S rDNA gene showed quite low variability of the sequences, therefore the investigation was also extended to other genes (16S rDNA, COI). The combined analysis of the three sequences corroborated the monophyly of the North American red-pigmented epigeic clade. It is interesting to note that withouth the Allolobophoridella and Dendrodrilus species the genus Bimastos is paraphyletic. The monophyly of the genus Fitzingeria and its distant position from the Dendrobaena species is also remarkable. The genus Eisenia is monophyletic and it forms the sister-group of the Bimastos clade. Contrary to the previous results Aporrectodea also seems to be monophyletic but it has to be stressed, that we had all the three sequences only of a few species, so this genus is quite underrepresented in the combined analysis. In accordance with the classical phylogenies the combined analysis also corroborated the monophyletic origin of the morphologically robust genera Octodrilus, Octolasion and Lumbricus. In conclusion, the combined analysis of the three gene (18S, 16S rDNA and COI) resulted in a more resolved and reliable phylogenetic relatedness than the genes analysed separately. But we have to emphasise that a coherent phylogenetic scenario could be reached only if other gene sequences are also involved in the analysis.
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List of publications

  
Csuzdi, Cs. & Zicsi, A.: Earthworms of Hungary (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae), Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, pp. 271, 2003
Csuzdi Cs. & Pavlicek, T: Earthworms of Jordan., Zoology in the Middle East, 34: 71-78, 2005
Zicsi, A.: Über eine neue Octodrilus art aus Frankreich, Revue suisse Zoology, 112: 329-331., 2005
Pavlicek, T., Csuzdi, Cs, & Nevo, E.: Prolonged diapause of earthworms as an adaptation to semiarid environments. A case study, Advances in Earthworm Taxonomy II. Cluj Univ Press pp. 189-194, 2006
Pop, A.A., Csuzdi, Cs., & Wink, M.: Remarks on the molecular phylogeny of Crassiclitellata families using the mitochondrial 16S rDNA gene (Oligochaeta, Opisthopora)., Advances in Earthworm Taxonomy II. Cluj Univ. Press, pp. 143-154., 2006
Pavlicek, T., Csuzdi, Cs,: Earthworm fauna of Jordan - A review, Advances in Earthworm Taxonomy II. Cluj Univ Press pp. 183-188, 2006
Csuzdi Cs., Zicsi A. & Mısırlıoğlu, M.: An annotated checklist of the earthworm fauna of Turkey (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae), Zootaxa, 1175: 1–29., 2006
Pop, V.V., Pop, A.A. & Csuzdi, Cs.: An updated viewpoint on the earthworm communities with the Dendrobaena alpina species group (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae) from the South-Eastern Carpathians, European Journal of Soil Biology 43S: 53-56., 2007
Csuzdi, Cs., Pop, V.V.: Remarks on the species Dendrobaena jeanneli Pop, 1948 and its proposed synonymy with Octolasion cyneum (Savigy, 1826) (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae), Opuscula Zoologics, 36: 103-104., 2007
Szlávecz, K & Csuzdi, Cs: Land use change affects earthworm communities in Eastern Maryland, USA., European Journal of Soil Biology, 43S: 79-85., 2007
Pop, A.A., Csuzdi, Cs., Wink, M. and Pop, V.V.: Molecular taxonomy and phylogeny of the genera Octolasion Örley, 1885, Octodrilus Omodeo, 1956 and Octodriloides Zicsi, 1986 (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae) based on 16S and COI DNA sequences, Advances in Earthworm Taxonomy III., 2008
Pavlíček T and Csuzdi Cs: Does the autochthonous earthworm fauna immigrated from the Levant to Cyprus,, Advances in Earthworm Taxonomy III, 2008
Mısırlıoğlu, M., Pavlíček, T. and Csuzdi, Cs: Erthworm biodiversity In Turkey: An overview., Advances in Earthworm Taxonomy III, 2008
Csuzdi, Cs. And Pop, V.V: Taxonomic and biogeographical analysis of the Allolobophora sturanyi species group (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae), Opuscula Zoologica Budapest, 37: in press, 2008
Csuzdi, Cs.: Towards a phylogenetic concept of Lumbricid systematics., Advances in earthworm taxonomy (Annelida: Oligochaeta). Editolial Complutense Madrid pp. 333-346., 2004
Csuzdi, Cs. & Pavlicek, T: Earthworms from Israel II. Remarks on the genus Perelia Easton, 1983 with descriptions of a new genus and two new species., Acta Zoologica Hungarica, 51: 75-96, 2005
Cech, G. & Csuzdi, Cs., Márialigeti, K.: Remarks on the molecular phylogeny of the genus Dendrobaena (sensu Pop 1941) based on 18S rDNA (Oligochaeta, Lumbicidae)., Advances in Earthworm Taxonomy II. Cluj Univ. Press, pp. 85-98., 2006
Csuzdi, Cs., Pop, A.A., Pop, V.V. , Wink, M. & Zicsi, A.: Revision of the Dendrobaena alpina(Rosa, 1884) species group (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae) by morphological and molecular methods., Advances in Earthworm Taxonomy II. Cluj Univ. Press, pp. 119-128., 2006
Pavlicek, T. & Csuzdi, Cs.: Species richness and zoogeographic affinities of earthworms in Cyprus., European Journal of Soil Biology, 42: S111-S116., 2006
Pop, A.A., Csuzdi, Cs., Wink, M. & Pop, V.V.: An attempt to reconstruct the molecular phylogeny of the genus Allolobophora Eisen, 1874 (sensu lato Pop, 1941) using 16S rDNA and COI sequences (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae, Advances in Earthworm Taxonomy II. Cluj Univ. Press, pp. 155-164., 2006
Csuzdi, Cs.: Magyarország földigiliszta-faunájának áttekintése (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae), Állattani Közlemények 92: 3-38., 2007
Csuzdi, Cs. & Pop, V.V.: Redescription of Allolobophora dugesi var. getica Pop, 1947 and its allocation to the genus Cernosvitovia Omodeo, 1956 (Oligochaeta Lumbricidae)., European Journal of Soil Biology 43S: 19-23., 2007
Csuzdi, Cs., Pavlícek, T. & Misirlioglu, M.: Earthworms (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae, Criodrilidae ans Acanthodrilidae) of Hatay Province Turkey with descriptions of three new Lumbricids., Acta Zoologica Hungarica, 53: 347-361, 2007
Pop, A.A., Cech, G., Wink, M., Csuzdi, Cs & Pop, V.V.: Application of 16S, 18S rDNA and COI sequences in the molecular systematics of the earthworm family Lumbricidae (Annelida, Oligochaeta)., European Journal of Soil Biology, 43S: 43-52., 2007



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