Mesozoa
- Rhombozoa
- Conocyemidae
- Dicyemidae
- Kantharellidae
- Orthonectida
- Pelmatosphaeridae
- Rhopaluridae
References
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Horvath, P. 1997. Dicyemid mesozoans. Pages 31-38 in Embryology. Constructing the Organism. S. F. Gilbert and A. M. Raunio (eds.) Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, Mass.
Katayama, T., H. Wada, H. Furuya, N. Satoh, and M. Yamamoto. 1995. Phylogenetic position of the dycyemid Mesozoa inferred from 18S rDNA sequences. Biological Bulletin 189:81-90.
Kobayashi, M., H. Furuya, and P. W. H. Holland. 1999. Dicyemids are higher animals. Nature 401:762.
Pawlowski, J., J. I. MontoyaBurgos, J. F. Fahrni, J. Wuest, and L. Zaninetti. 1996. Origin of the Mesozoa inferred from 18S rRNA gene sequences. Molecular Biology and Evolution 13:1128-1132.
Telford, M. 2000. Turning Hox "signatures" into synapomorphies. Evolution and Development 2:360-364.
Zrzavy, J. 2001. The interrelationships of metazoan parasites: a review of phylum- and higher-level hypotheses from recent morphological and molecular phylogenetic analyses. Folia Parasitologica 48:81-103.
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