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J. Wolfgang Wägele, Thomas Bartolomaeus (Eds.) Deep Metazoan Phylogeny: the Backbone of the Tree of Life J. Wolfgang Wägele, Thomas Bartolomaeus (Eds.) Deep Metazoan Phylogeny: The Backbone of the Tree of Life Deep Metazoan Phylogeny: The Backbone of the Tree of Life New Insights from Analyses of Molecules, Morphology, and Theory of Data Analysis Edited by J. Wolfgang Wägele Thomas Bartolomaeus Editors Professor Dr. J. Wolfgang Wägele Stiftung Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK) Leibnitz-Institut für Biodiversität der Tiere Adenauerallee 160 53113 Bonn [email protected] Professor Dr. Thomas Bartolomaeus Universität Bonn Institut für Evolutionsbiologie und Zooökologie An der Immenburg 1 53121 Bonn [email protected] ISBN 978-3-11-027746-3 e-ISBN 978-3-11-027752-4 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A CIP catalog record for this book has been applied for at the Library of Congress. Bibliographic information published by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbibliografie; detailed bibliographic data are available in the Internet at http://dnb.dnb.de. © 2014 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston Cover image: XXX Typesetting: XXX Printing and binding: Hubert & Co. GmbH & Co. KG, Göttingen ♾ Printed on acid-free paper Printed in Germany www.degruyter.com List of Contributing Authors Thomas Bartolomaeus Alexander Donath Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Animal Stiftung Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Ecology Alexander Koenig – University of Bonn Leibniz-Institut für Biodiversität der Tiere (ZFMK) Bonn, Germany Bonn, Germany e-mail: [email protected] and Department of Computer Science Tjard Bergmann University of Leipzig ITZ, Division of Ecology and Evolution Leipzig, Germany Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover e-mail: [email protected] Hannover, Germany e-mail: [email protected] Janina Dordel FB05 Biology/Chemistry Matthias Bernt University of Osnabrück Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science Osnabrück, Germany University of Leipzig e-mail: [email protected] Leipzig, Germany e-mail: [email protected] Jason Dunlop Museum für Naturkunde Christoph Bleidorn Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Institute of Biology II Biodiversity University of Leipzig Berlin, Germany Leipzig, Germany e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] Ingo Ebersberger Janus Borner Center for Integrative Bioinformatics Vienna Institute of Zoology and Zoological Museum Medical University of Vienna University of Hamburg Vienna, Austria Hamburg, Germany and e-mail: [email protected] Institute for Cell Biology and Neurosciences Goethe University Iris Bruchhaus Frankfurt, Germany Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine e-mail: [email protected] Hamburg, Germany e-mail: [email protected] Igor Eeckhaut Biology of Marine Organisms and Biomimetism Thorsten Burmester University of Mons-Hainaut Institute of Zoology and Zoological Museum Mons, Belgium University of Hamburg e-mail: [email protected] Hamburg, Germany e-mail: [email protected] Karolin von der Chevallerie ITZ, Division of Ecology and Evolution Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover Hannover, Germany e-mail: [email protected] VI List of Contributing Authors Carina Eisenhardt Heike Hadrys Department of Computer Science, and Interdisci- ITZ, Division of Ecology and Evolution plinary Center for Bioinformatics Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover and Hannover, Germany Institute of Biology II and University of Leipzig Division of Invertebrate Zoology Leipzig, Germany American Museum of Natural History e-mail: [email protected] New York, NY, USA and Michael Eitel Department of Molecular, Cellular and ITZ, Division of Ecology and Evolution Developmental Biology Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover Yale Univeristy Hannover, Germany New Haven, USA and e-mail: [email protected] The Swire Institute of Marine Science The University of Hong Kong Thomas Hankeln Hong Kong, China Institute of Molecular Genetics e-mai: [email protected] Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz Mainz, Germany Frauke Diersing e-mail: [email protected] FB05 Biology/Chemistry University of Osnabrück Stefanie Hartmann Osnabrück, Germany Institute of Biochemistry and Biology e-mail: [email protected] University of Potsdam Potsdam, Germany Martin Fritsch e-mail: [email protected] Institute of Biosciences University of Rostock Steffen Harzsch Rostock, Germany Zoological Institute and Museum e-mail: [email protected] Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University Greifswald Greifswald, Germany Peter Grobe e-mail: [email protected] Stiftung Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig – Bernhard Hausdorf Leibniz-Institut für Biodiversität der Tiere (ZFMK) Zoological Museum Bonn, Germany University of Hamburg e-mail: [email protected] Hamburg, Germany e-mail: [email protected] Conrad Helm Institute of Biology University of Leipzig Leipzig, Germany e-mail: [email protected] List of Contributing Authors VII Martin Helmkampf Patrick Kück Zoological Museum Stiftung Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum University of Hamburg Alexander Koenig – Hamburg, Germany Leibniz-Institut für Biodiversität der Tiere (ZFMK) e-mail: [email protected] Bonn, Germany e-mail: [email protected] Holger Herlyn Institute of Anthropology Deborah Lanterbecq Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz Biology of Marine Organisms and Biomimetism Mainz, Germany University of Mons-Hainaut e-mail: [email protected] Mons, Belgium e-mail: [email protected] Jana Hertel Department of Computer Science Jörg Lehmann University of Leipzig Department of Computer Science and Interdisci- Leipzig, Germany plinary Center for Bioinformatics e-mail: [email protected] University of Leipzig Leipzig, Germany Natascha Hill e-mail: [email protected] Institute of Biochemistry and Biology University of Potsdam Peter Lesný Potsdam, Germany Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Animal e-mail: [email protected] Ecology University of Bonn Christoph Hösel Bonn, Germany FB05 Biology/Chemistry e-mail: [email protected] University of Osnabrück Osnabrück, Germany Harald Letsch e-mail: [email protected] Department für Tropenökologie und Biodiversität der Tiere Wolfgang Jakob Vienna, Austria ITZ, Division of Ecology and Evolution e-mail: [email protected] Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover Hannover, Germany Rudi Loesel e-mail: [email protected] Institute for Biology II (Zoology) RWTH Aachen University Markus Koch Aachen, Germany Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Animal e-mail: [email protected] Ecology University of Bonn Daniel Merkle Bonn, Germany Department of Mathematics and Computer Email: [email protected] Science University of Southern Denmark Veiko Krauss Odense, Denmark Department of Computer Science and Interdisci- Denmark plinary Center for Bioinformatics e-mail: [email protected] University of Leipzig Leipzig, Germany e-mail: [email protected] VIII List of Contributing Authors Karen Meusemann Hans-Jürgen Osigus Stiftung Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum ITZ, Division of Ecology and Evolution Alexander Koenig – Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover Leibniz-Institut für Biodiversität der Tiere (ZFMK) Hannover, Germany Bonn, Germany e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] Omid Paknia Martin Middendorf ITZ, Division of Ecology and Evolution Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science Stiftung Tierärztliche Hochschule Hannover University of Leipzig Hannover, Germany Leipzig, Germany e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] Christiane Paul Bernhard Misof Institute of Biochemistry and Biology Stiftung Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum University of Potsdam Alexander Koenig – Potsdam, Germany Leibniz-Institut für Biodiversität der Tiere (ZFMK) e-mail: [email protected] Bonn, Germany e-mail: [email protected] Yvan Perez Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et Burkhard Morgenstern d’Ecologie „Evolution Genome Environment“ Institute of Microbiology and Genetics Aix-Marseille Université University of Göttingen Marseille, France Göttingen, Germany e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] Lars Podsiadlowski Carsten H.G. Müller Institut für Evolutionsbiologie und Ökologie Zoological Institute and Museum University of Bonn Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University Greifswald Bonn, Germany Greifswald, Germany e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] Günter Purschke Adina Mwinyi FB05 Biology/Chemistry LGC Genomics University of Osnabrück Berlin, Germany Osnabrück, Germany e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] Maximilian P. Nesnidal Björn Quast Zoological Museum Institut für Evolutionsbiologie und Ökologie University of Hamburg University of Bonn Hamburg, Germany Bonn, Germany e-mail: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Tetyana Nosenko Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Palaeontology & Geobiology Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Munich, Germany e-mail: n please assign n List of Contributing Authors IX Björn M. von Reumont Gerhard Scholtz Department of Life Sciences Institute of Biology Natural History Museum London Humboldt University Berlin London, UK Berlin, Germany and e-mail: [email protected] Stiftung Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig – Fabian Schreiber Leibniz-Institut
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