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A SUMMARY OF MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM BY COLIN TUDGE (2000)

A SUMMARY OF MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM BY COLIN TUDGE (2000)

This is modified from Tudge (2000). The deuterostome line has been reduced to three taxa. The protostomes are divided into the Ecdysozoa and the Lophotrochozoa with some relationships that are very different than those inferred by structural/developmental characters.
M = METAZOA

EU = EUMETAZOA

PROTO = PROTOSTOMATA

DEUTERO = DEUTEROSTOMATA

EC = ECDYSOZOA

LT = LOPHOTROCHOZOA
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