Shedding light on the polyphyletic behavior of the genus Sterkiella: The importance of ontogenetic and molecular phylogenetic approaches

• Daizy Bharti,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations School of Biosciences and Veterinary Medicine, Laboratory of Animal and Molecular Ecology, University of Camerino, Camerino, MC, Italy, Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, New Alipore, Kolkata, India

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• Santosh Kumar ,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: santoshcbio@gmail.com (SK); antonietta.laterza@unicam.it (ALT)

  Affiliation Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, New Alipore, Kolkata, India

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• Govindhasamay R. Varatharajan,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Biosciences and Veterinary Medicine, Laboratory of Animal and Molecular Ecology, University of Camerino, Camerino, MC, Italy

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• Komal Kamra,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ciliate Biology Laboratory, SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

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• Antonietta La Terza

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: santoshcbio@gmail.com (SK); antonietta.laterza@unicam.it (ALT)

  Affiliation School of Biosciences and Veterinary Medicine, Laboratory of Animal and Molecular Ecology, University of Camerino, Camerino, MC, Italy

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1244-1503

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