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Knowing how one species is related to another is useful for at least three reasons. The first is identification of distinct lineages in need of protection (e.g. cryptic cave fish: Niemiller et al. 2013). The second is understanding a species’ relative phylogenetic distinctiveness (e.g. for prioritizing lineages of freshwater mussels for protection: Jones et al. 2015). The third is mapping areas of their world where evolutionary distinctiveness is concentrated (Jetz et al. 2014).