- some but not all of its
descendant lineages. The
grouping is said to be
paraphyletic with
respect to the
excluded subgroups. In contrast, a
monophyletic grouping...
-
contrasted with
paraphyly and
polyphyly as
shown in the
second diagram. A
paraphyletic grouping meets 1. but not 2., thus
consisting of the
descendants of a...
- dicots, as
traditionally defined. The
traditional dicots are thus a
paraphyletic group. The
eudicots are the
largest monophyletic group within the dicotyledons...
- (vertebrates –
animals with backbones; 66,100+ species)
Superclass 'Agnatha'
paraphyletic (jawless vertebrates; 100+ species)
class Cyclostomata Infraclass Myxinoidea...
-
traditional Linnean (binomial) nomenclature, few
propose taxa they know to be
paraphyletic. An
example of a long-established
taxon that is not also a
clade is the...
-
Dromioidea family Dromiidae may be
paraphyletic with
respect to
Dynomenidae The
Homoloidea family Homolidae is
paraphyletic with
respect to
Latreilliidae The...
-
terms would include humans. Many of
these terms are
normally used
paraphyletically,
outside of cladistics, e.g. as a 'grade',
which are
fruitless to precisely...
-
descendants of a
unique common ancestor. By comparison, the term paraphyly, or
paraphyletic, uses the
ancient Gr****
preposition παρά (pará) 'beside, near', and refers...
-
armoured fishes, the
Placodermi and the Acanthodii, both
considered paraphyletic.
Other ways of
classifying the
vertebrates have been devised, particularly...
- also lack a gladius. The s****ed
coleoids do not form a
clade or even a
paraphyletic group. The
Spirula s****
begins as an
organic structure, and is then...
