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Gastrotricha

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taxon links Not MonophyleticNot MonophyleticNot MonophyleticPhylogenetic position of group is uncertain[down<--]Bilateria Interpreting the tree
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Relationships after Hochberg & Litvaitis 2000.
Containing group: Bilateria

Other Names for Gastrotricha

References

Boaden, P. J. S. 1985. Why is a gastrotrich? Pages 248-260 in: The Origins and Relationships of Lower Invertebrates. S. Conway Morris, J. D. George, R. Gibson, and H. M. Platt (eds.). The Systematics Association and Clarendon Press, Oxford, England.

Hochberg, R. and M. K. Litvaitis. 2000. Phylogeny of gastrotricha: a morphology-based framework of gastrotrich relationships. Biological Bulletin 198:299-305.

Hochberg, R. and M. K. Litvaitis. 2001. Macrodasyida (Gastrotricha): a cladistic analysis of morphology. Invertebrate Biology 120:124-135.

Hochberg, R. and M. K. Litvaitis. 2001. The muscular system of Dactylopodola baltica and other macrodasyidan gastrotrichs in a functional and phylogenetic perspective. Zoologica Scripta 30:325-336.

Kieneke, A., W. H. Ahlrichs, and P. Martínez Arbizu. 2009. Morphology and function of reproductive organs in Neodasys chaetonotoideus (Gastrotricha: Neodasys) with a phylogenetic assessment of the reproductive system in Gastrotricha. Zoologica Scripta 38(3):289-311.

Manylov, O. G., N. S. Vladychenskaya, I. A. Milyutina, O. S. Kedrova, N. P. Korokhov, G. A. Dvoryanchikov, V. V. Aleshin, and N. B. Petrov. 2004. Analysis of 18S rRNA gene sequences suggests significant molecular differences between Macrodasyida and Chaetonotida (Gastrotricha). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 30(3):850-854.

Ruppert, E. E. 1991. Gastrotricha. Pages 41-109 in Microscopic Anatomy of Invertebrates, Vol. 4. Ashelminthes. F. W. Harrison and E. E. Ruppert, eds. Wiley-Liss, New York.

Todaro, M. A., D. T. J. Littlewood, M. Balsamo, E. A. Herniou, S. Cassanelli, G. Manicardi, A. Wirz, and P. Tongiorgi. 2003. The interrelationships of the Gastrotricha using nuclear small rRNA subunit sequence data, with an interpretation based on morphology. Zoologischer Anzeiger 242(2):145-156.

Wirz, A., S. Pucciarelli, C. Miceli, P. Tongiorgi, and M. Balsamo. 1999. Novelty in phylogeny of Gastrotricha: Evidence from 18S rRNA gene. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 13:314-318.

Zrzavy, J. 2003. Gastrotricha and metazoan phylogeny. Zoologica Scripta 32(1):61-81.

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Scientific Name Gastrotricha
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Scientific Name Gastrotricha
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Tree of Life Web Project. 1995. Gastrotricha. Version 01 January 1995 (temporary). http://tolweb.org/Gastrotricha/2479/1995.01.01 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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