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Molecular Biology and Evolution 2007 24(12):2723-2729; doi:10.1093/molbev/msm214
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Spiralian Phylogenomics Supports the Resurrection of Bryozoa Comprising Ectoprocta and Entoprocta

Bernhard Hausdorf*, Martin Helmkampf*, Achim Meyer{ddagger}, Alexander Witek§, Holger Herlyn||, Iris Bruchhaus, Thomas Hankeln§, Torsten H. Struck# and Bernhard Lieb{ddagger}

* Zoological Museum, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
{ddagger} Institute of Zoology, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
§ Institute of Molecular Genetics, Biosafety Research and Consulting, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
|| Institute of Anthropology, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany
# FB05 Biology/Chemistry, AG Zoology, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany

E-mail: hausdorf{at}zoologie.uni-hamburg.de.

Accepted for publication September 16, 2007.

Phylogenetic analyses based on 79 ribosomal proteins of 38 metazoans, partly derived from 6 new expressed sequence tag projects for Ectoprocta, Entoprocta, Sipuncula, Annelida, and Acanthocephala, indicate the monophyly of Bryozoa comprising Ectoprocta and Entoprocta, 2 taxa that have been separated for more than a century based on seemingly profound morphological differences. Our results also show that bryozoans are more closely related to Neotrochozoa, including molluscs and annelids, than to Syndermata, the latter comprising Rotifera and Acanthocephala. Furthermore, we find evidence for the position of Sipuncula within Annelida. These findings suggest that classical developmental and morphological key characters such as cleavage pattern, coelomic cavities, gut architecture, and body segmentation are subject to greater evolutionary plasticity than traditionally assumed.

Key Words: Metazoa • phylogenomics • Bryozoa • Ectoprocta • Entoprocta • Spiralia

Billie Swalla, Associate Editor


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