A new species of Xenoturbella from the western Pacific Ocean and the evolution of Xenoturbella

• Published in: BMC evolutionary biology Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 245 - 11
• Main Authors: Nakano, Hiroaki, Miyazawa, Hideyuki, Maeno, Akiteru, Shiroishi, Toshihiko, Kakui, Keiichi, Koyanagi, Ryo, Kanda, Miyuki, Satoh, Noriyuki, Omori, Akihito, Kohtsuka, Hisanori
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 18.12.2017; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Acoelomorpha; Acoels; Animals; Biological Evolution; Biological research; Biology, Experimental; Deuterostomia; Evolutionary biology; Frontal organ; Identification and classification; Invertebrates - anatomy & histology; Nemertodermatids; Pacific Ocean; Phylogeny; Species Specificity; X-Ray Microtomography; Xenacoelomorpha; Xenoturbella; Pacific Ocean; Deuterostomes; Xenacoelomorpha; Nemertodermatids; Bilaterians; Evolution; Acoelomorpha; Frontal organ; Metazoans; Acoels; Xenoturbella

Xenoturbella is a group of marine benthic animals lacking an anus and a centralized nervous system. Molecular phylogenetic analyses group the animal together with the Acoelomorpha, forming the Xenacoelomorpha. This group has been suggested to be either a sister group to the Nephrozoa or a deuterosto...