Higher-level metazoan relationships: recent progress and remaining questions

G. D. Edgecombe, G. Giribet, C. W. Dun, A. Hejnol, R. M. Kristensen, R. C. Neves, G. W. Rouse, K. Worsaae, and M. V. Sorensen

2011

Article

Organisms Diversity & Evolution 11(2):151-172

Find it at:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13127-011-0044-4

Taxa discussed in this work:

• Acoelomorpha
• Ambulacraria
• Gnathifera
• Nemertea
• Polyzoa
• Priapulida
• Scalidophora
• Tardigrada

Taxonomy:

• Nematozoa belongs to Ecdysozoa - Edgecombe et al. (2011)
• Olfactores belongs to Chordata - Edgecombe et al. (2011)
• Craniata belongs to Olfactores - Edgecombe et al. (2011)
• Scalidophora belongs to Ecdysozoa - Edgecombe et al. (2011)
• Priapulida belongs to Scalidophora - Edgecombe et al. (2011)
• Nemertea belongs to Trochozoa - Edgecombe et al. (2011)