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Fig. 1. Preferred cladogram of three, including all millipede orders except Siphoniulida, based on data matrix in Appendix B (Sierwald et al. 2003). Tree statistics: length 53 steps; CI 0.85 (excluding uninformative characters 0.83); RI 0.904; RC 0.77. Character numbers correspond to numbers in Appendices A and B. The symbols denote unambiguous character state changes, with the state change indicated. Nonhomoplastic character state changes bold; characters with a CI lower than 1 are indicated by italics. Abbreviations on tree branches: C: Colobognatha; CG: Chilognatha; E: Eugnatha; H: Helminthomorpha; J: Juliformia, N: Nematophora; Po: Polydesmida (Merocheta); O: Oniscomorpha

Sierwald P., W.A. Shear, R.M. Shelley & J.E. Bond. 2003. Millipede phylogeny revisited in the light of the enigmatic order Siphoniulida. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 41(2): 87-99. | PDF

Fig. 2. Strict consensus tree of seven, including all millipede orders and Siphoniulida. Branches are labelled as in Fig. 1