Platytrochozoa

Platytrochozoa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
(unranked):	Spiralia
Clade:	Platytrochozoa; Struck et al. 2014
clade
	Rhoupozoa; Lophotrochozoa; Mesozoa;

The Platytrochozoa are proposed basal clade of spiralian animals as sister group of the Gnathifera. The Platytrochozoa were divided into the Rouphozoa and the Lophotrochozoa.^[1] A more recent study suggests that the mesozoans also belong to this group of animals, as sister of the Rouphozoa.^[2]

Spiralia

Gnathifera

Platytrochozoa

Rouphozoa

	Gastrotricha

	Platyhelminthes

Mesozoa

Lophotrochozoa

References

^ Struck, Torsten H.; Wey-Fabrizius, Alexandra R.; Golombek, Anja; Hering, Lars; Weigert, Anne; Bleidorn, Christoph; Klebow, Sabrina; Iakovenko, Nataliia; Hausdorf, Bernhard (2014-07-01). "Platyzoan Paraphyly Based on Phylogenomic Data Supports a Noncoelomate Ancestry of Spiralia". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 31 (7): 1833–1849. doi:10.1093/molbev/msu143. PMID 24748651.
^ Lu, Tsai-Ming; Kanda, Miyuki; Satoh, Noriyuki; Furuya, Hidetaka (2017). "The phylogenetic position of dicyemid mesozoans offers insights into spiralian evolution". Zoological Letters. 3 (1). doi:10.1186/s40851-017-0068-5.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

[torsten-1] Struck, Torsten H.; Wey-Fabrizius, Alexandra R.; Golombek, Anja; Hering, Lars; Weigert, Anne; Bleidorn, Christoph; Klebow, Sabrina; Iakovenko, Nataliia; Hausdorf, Bernhard (2014-07-01). "Platyzoan Paraphyly Based on Phylogenomic Data Supports a Noncoelomate Ancestry of Spiralia". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 31 (7): 1833–1849. doi:10.1093/molbev/msu143. PMID 24748651.

[Lu-2] Lu, Tsai-Ming; Kanda, Miyuki; Satoh, Noriyuki; Furuya, Hidetaka (2017). "The phylogenetic position of dicyemid mesozoans offers insights into spiralian evolution". Zoological Letters. 3 (1). doi:10.1186/s40851-017-0068-5.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)

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