期刊
ORGANISMS DIVERSITY & EVOLUTION
卷 13, 期 2, 页码 267-286出版社
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s13127-012-0112-4
关键词
Acoelomorpha; Xenoturbella; Morphology; Development; Systematics; Phylogeny
资金
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [J3029-B17]
- Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation [BFU2006-00898/BMC]
- ICREA Funding Source: Custom
Acoels are among the simplest worms and therefore have often been pivotal in discussions of the origin of the Bilateria. Initially thought primitive because of their planula-like morphology, including their lumenless digestive system, they were subsequently dismissed by many morphologists as a specialized clade of the Platyhelminthes. However, since molecular phylogenies placed them outside the Platyhelminthes and outside all other phyla at the base of the Bilateria, they became the focus of renewed debate and research. We review what is currently known of acoels, including information regarding their morphology, development, systematics, and phylogenetic relationships, and put some of these topics in a historical perspective to show how the application of new methods contributed to the progress in understanding these animals. Taking all available data into consideration, clear-cut conclusions cannot be made; however, in our view it becomes successively clearer that acoelomorphs are a basal but divergent branch of the Bilateria.
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