A comment on a recent phylogenetic analysis of certain orders of the branchiopod crustacea.

Fryer, Geoffrey (1999) A comment on a recent phylogenetic analysis of certain orders of the branchiopod crustacea. Crustaceana, 72 (9). pp. 1039-1050. ISSN 1568-5403

Abstract

A recent phylogenetic analysis of certain branchiopod crustaceans has many defects. It uses many characters of no phylogenetic significance, others whose state is wrongly assessed, and others that are inapplicable to the organisms concerned. Based as it is on such imperfect information, some of its conclusions are unacceptable, though, ironically, some correct associations are made on the basis of incorrect facts.