Symposium on Decapod Phylogeny and Systematics in the Seventh International Crustacean Congress (ICC7)
Rationale and Objective:
The high morphological and ecological diversity of decapods, together with their economic importance, makes them the most studied of all crustaceans. Yet the evolutionary relationships among and within many decapod groups have remained obscure, generating many disputes in systematics. Many advances in decapod phylogeny have been made in the past decade based on paleontological, morphological, developmental, biogeographical, and molecular evidences, leading to various taxonomic revisions in many decapod taxa. In the proposed symposium, some of the leading crustacean biologists working on decapod phylogeny and systematics will be invited to present their most recent findings and discuss future perspectives on this exciting area of crustacean research. The Symposium will promote collaborative studies among crustacean biologists with different expertise working towards a common goal of elucidating decapod phylogeny.
Organizing Committee:
Ka Hou Chu, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China (Chairman)
Shane T. Ahyong, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand (Secretary)
Xinzheng Li, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Peter K.L. Ng, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Joel W. Martin, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, California, USA
Organization:
We plan to have about 15 symposium speakers each giving a talk for 30 minutes. The Symposium will be accompanied by a symposium-related session of contributed papers (15-20 min. each) on this subject area. Poster presentations are also welcome. The Symposium and the related session will be held on 22 and 24 June 2010, respectively. We expect to have 80-100 ICC7 participants attending the Symposium.
Potential Symposium Speakers and Tentative Titles
Darryl L. Felder, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, USA
[ICC7 Plenary speaker]
The progress on molecular systematic research of decapod crustaceans
Gerhard Scholtz, Humboldt University, Germany
New morphological data and decapod phylogenetics
Christopher B. Boyko, American Museum of Natural History, USA
A phylogeny of decapods and their parasites: signals from the inside
Ka Hou Chu, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
The nuclear protein-coding gene tree of Decapoda: an update
Akira Asakura, Natural History Museum and Institute, Chiba, Japan
Sibling species of intertidal decapods in East Asia
Tin-Yam Chan, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan
Refuting the six-genus classification of Penaeus s.l.: combined analysis of nuclear and mitochondrial genes
Sammy De Grave, Oxford University Museum of Natural History, United Kingdom
Recent changes and proposals in the systematics of Caridea
Heather Bracken, Brigham Young University, USA
Resolving genetic relationships within shrimp-like decapods and examining the phylogenetic significance of morphological traits within the Caridea (Crustacea: Decapoda)
Keith A. Crandall, Brigham Young University, USA
Evolution of the crayfishes and clawed lobsters (Decapoda: Astacidea)
Peter K.L. Ng, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Recent developments and changes in brachyuran classification and phylogeny - the evolving Systema Brachyuorum
Christoph D. Schubart, University of Regensburg, Germany
A multi-gene molecular phylogeny of the Brachyura Thoracotremata questions the current superfamily concept
Sebastian Klaus, Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany
The Gecarcinucidae: Evolution, biogeography and local radiations of an Asian freshwater crab family
Rafael Lemaitre, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, USA
Title to be confirmed
Joel W. Martin, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, USA
Title to be confirmed
Shane T. Ahyong, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand
Title to be confirmed
Publication of the proceedings of the Symposium
The organizer committee is considering publishing the proceedings in the Journal Zoologischer Anzeiger.