Systematics, Phylogeny, and Evolution of Bioluminescent Signals in Cypridinid Ostracodes

有一种不同的鲤介形类(微小贝壳类)，它们产生生物发光的闪光被认为是每个单独的物种所独有的。詹姆斯·莫林博士和安妮·科恩博士一直在收集和记录加勒比海数十种以前未被发现的物种的形态、地理分布和水下生物发光展示。他们建议完成对这些密切相关的生物发光物种的描述，然后使用形态数据来重建它们的进化关系。然后，关于它们的地理分布和生物发光显示行为的数据将与它们的进化关联模式进行比较，从而检验关于加勒比地区的显示行为和不断变化的地理环境如何影响其进化史的假设。这项拟议的研究将记录一组鲜为人知但令人着迷的生物体，并将利用这些文献来探索它们的进化史、加勒比生物地理学和与生物发光有关的行为生态学的假说。各种各样的进化生物学家将会发现这些有趣的结果。

There is a diverse group of cyprinind ostracodes (minute shelled crustaceans) that produce bioluminescent flashes thought to be unique to each separate species. Drs. James Morin and Anne Cohen have been collecting and documenting the morphology, geographic distribution, and underwater bioluminescent displays of dozens of previously undiscovered species in the Caribbean. They propose to complete their description of these closely related bioluminescent species, and then use the morphological data to reconstruct their evolutionary relationships. Data on their geographic distributions and bioluminescent display behavior will then be compared to the pattern of their evolutionary relatedness, thereby testing hypotheses of how display behavior and the shifting geography of the Caribbean have impacted on their evolutionary history. The proposed research would document a poorly known and fascinating group of organisms, and would use the documentation to explore hypotheses of their evolutionary history, Caribbean biogeography, and behavioral ecology relating to bioluminescense. A wide variety of evolutionary biologists will find these results of interest.