To be or not to be a flatworm: the acoel controversy.

Since first described, acoels were considered members of the flatworms (Platyhelminthes). However, no clear synapomorphies among the three large flatworm taxa -- the Catenulida, the Acoelomorpha and the Rhabditophora -- have been characterized to date. Molecular phylogenies, on the other hand, commo...

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Main Authors: Bernhard Egger, Dirk Steinke, Hiroshi Tarui, Katrien De Mulder, Detlev Arendt, Gaëtan Borgonie, Noriko Funayama, Robert Gschwentner, Volker Hartenstein, Bert Hobmayer, Matthew Hooge, Martina Hrouda, Sachiko Ishida, Chiyoko Kobayashi, Georg Kuales, Osamu Nishimura, Daniela Pfister, Reinhard Rieger, Willi Salvenmoser, Julian Smith, Ulrich Technau, Seth Tyler, Kiyokazu Agata, Walter Salzburger, Peter Ladurner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/19430533/?tool=EBI