DECAPOD CRUSTACEAN PHYLOGENETICS

Although there is no shortage of publications reflecting the wide variety of ideas and hypotheses concerning decapods phylogeny, the world's leading decapodologists had never before assembled with the sole purpose of elucidating these relationships. These experts present methodological updates for research on the diversity and relationships of the decapods, provide an overview of current understanding of the systematics within select major decapod assemblages, and advance work toward assembling and coding molecular and morphological characters toward an overall decapod phylogeny. They provide a synopsis of current understanding of this vast and important group of animals.