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Xenoturbella is a
genus of very
simple bilaterians up to a few
centimeters long. It
contains a
small number of
marine benthic worm-like species. The first...
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bilaterian invertebrate animals,
consisting of two
sister groups:
xenoturbellids and acoelomorphs. This new
phylum was
named in
February 2011 and suggested...
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nemertodermatids and
xenoturbellids (Bilateria
incertae sedis) The Acoela: on
their kind and kinships,
especially with
nemertodermatids and
xenoturbellids (Bilateria...
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acoelomorphs were
placed in
phylum Xenacoelomorpha,
together with the
xenoturbellids, and the
sister relationship between Xenacoelomorpha and
Nephrozoa confirmed...
- Peptides:
Insights into the
Phylogeny of Acoels, Nemertodermatids, and
Xenoturbellids R.C.Brusca, G.J.Brusca 2003, p. 379. Dudek,
Ronald W.; Fix,
James D...
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Animal clade containing xenoturbellids, acoelomorphs,
echinoderms and hemichordates...
- Acoela: on
their kind and kinships,
especially with
nemertodermatids and
xenoturbellids (Bilateria
incertae sedis)".
Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 13 (2):...
- more
primitive bilaterian ancestors,
which may be
linked to
acoels and
xenoturbellids. In 2020, this
classification was challenged, and it
might have been...
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etymology of the
species name
refers to its
unusual large size
among known xenoturbellids.
Xenoturbella monstrosa is 20 cm (7.9 in) in length, with a
purple or...
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species name
refers to the fact that it
lives deepest of the
known xenoturbellids.
Xenoturbella profunda individuals were
sampled at ca. 3,700 m (12,100 ft)...
