Xenoturbella 's molluscan relativesṫ
Abstract
Despite detailed morphological studies, the phylogenetic relationships of Xenoturbella bocki Westblad 1949 have remained unclear. The marine, worm-like X. bocki was first described as an acoel flatworm. Later it was proposed to be a deuterostome, and most recently as the sister taxon of the Bilateria. Here we present DNA sequence data that place X. bocki within the protostome clade Eutrochozoa.
- Publication:
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Nature
- Pub Date:
- November 1997
- DOI:
- 10.1038/36242
- Bibcode:
- 1997Natur.390...31N