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Molecular phylogeny and evolution of bioluminescence in Odontosyllis (Annelida, Syllidae)

Publicated to: INVERTEBRATE SYSTEMATICS. 36 (7): 622-630 - 2022-08-01 36(7), DOI: 10.1071/IS22007

Authors:

Verdes, A; Alvarez-Campos, P; Nygren, A; San Martín, G; Deheyn, DD; Gruber, DF; Holford, M
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Amer Museum Nat Hist, Sackler Inst Comparat Genom, New York, NY 10024 USA - Author
CUNY, Baruch Coll, Dept Nat Sci, New York, NY 10021 USA - Author
CUNY, Grad Ctr, PhD Program Biochem, New York, NY USA - Author
CUNY, Grad Ctr, PhD Program Biol, New York, NY USA - Author
CUNY, Grad Ctr, PhD Program Chem, New York, NY USA - Author
CUNY, Hunter Coll, Dept Chem, New York, NY 10021 USA - Author
Spanish Res Council, Natl Museum Nat Sci MNCN CSIC, Dept Biodivers & Evolutionary Biol, Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Autonoma Madrid, Ctr Invest Biodiversidad & Cambio Global CIBC UAM, Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Autonoma Madrid, Dept Biol, Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Calif San Diego, Scripps Inst Oceanog, Marine Biol Res Div, San Diego, CA 92103 USA - Author
Univ Gothenburg, Dept Systemat & Biodivers, Gothenburg, Sweden - Author
Weill Cornell Med, Biochem Dept, New York, NY USA - Author
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Abstract

Marine worms of the genus Odontosyllis (Syllidae, Annelida) are well known for spectacular bio-luminescent courtship rituals. During the reproductive period, the benthic marine worms leave the ocean floor and swim to the surface to spawn, using bioluminescent light for mate attraction. The behavioural aspects of the courtship ritual have been extensively investigated but little is known about the origin and evolution of light production in Odontosyllis that may be a key factor shaping the natural history of the group. To investigate the speciation patterns and evolutionary history of Odontosyllis, we inferred phylogenies following a gene concatenation approach using both maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference with a multilocus molecular dataset including nuclear (18S rRNA) and mitochondrial markers (16S rRNA and cytochrome c oxidase subunit I) from 51 Odontosyllis specimens. We also used the resulting phylogenetic tree to perform an ancestral state reconstruction analysis to trace the origin of bioluminescence within the group. Our results reveal that the genus Odontosyllis as currently delineated is a paraphyletic group that needs to be taxonomically revised to reflect evolutionary relationships. Nevertheless, our analyses recover two supported clades with bioluminescent species and suggest that the most recent common ancestor of luminous syllids was not bioluminescent, providing evidence that bioluminescence has evolved independently twice in the group. We discuss possible scenarios for the origin and evolution of light production and the potential role of bioluminescence courtship as a driver of speciation. Our results shed light on the evolutionary history of luminous syllids and suggest that bioluminescence might represent a key factor shaping the evolution of these organisms.
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Keywords

Ancestral reconstructionBioluminescenceDeep-seaEusyllinaeEvolutionLuminous syllidsOdontosyllisOriginsPatternsPhylogenyPolychaeteSpecies richnessSyllidaeTaxa

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Invertebrate Systematics due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2022, it was in position 34/177, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Zoology.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-05:

  • WoS: 1
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-05:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 5.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 5 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 3.
  • The number of mentions on Wikipedia: 1 (Altmetric).
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Sweden; United States of America.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (VERDES GORIN, AIDA) .

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been VERDES GORIN, AIDA.

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Awards linked to the item

This research was supported through funds from the Systematics Research Fund of The Linnaean Society of London, a Mini-ARTS Award from the Society of Systematic Biologists and a Science Scholarship from The Graduate Center of the City University of New York to A. Verdes. M. Holford acknowledges funding from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award and National Institutes of Health (NIH-NIMHD grant 8-G-12MD007599), and D. D. Deheyn was funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR FA9550-17-0189).
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