- some but not all of its
descendant lineages. The
grouping is said to be
paraphyletic with
respect to the
excluded subgroups. In contrast, a
monophyletic grouping...
-
contrasted with
paraphyly and
polyphyly as
shown in the
second diagram. A
paraphyletic grouping meets 1. but not 2., thus
consisting of the
descendants of a...
-
animal species; the rest are
described as invertebrates, an
informal paraphyletic group comprising all that lack
vertebral columns,
which include non-vertebrate...
- (vertebrates –
animals with backbones; 66,100+ species)
Superclass 'Agnatha'
paraphyletic (jawless vertebrates; 100+ species)
class Cyclostomata Infraclass Myxinoidea...
-
Dromioidea family Dromiidae may be
paraphyletic with
respect to
Dynomenidae The
Homoloidea family Homolidae is
paraphyletic with
respect to
Latreilliidae The...
-
terms would include humans. Many of
these terms are
normally used
paraphyletically,
outside of cladistics, e.g. as a 'grade',
which are
fruitless to precisely...
- dicots, as
traditionally defined. The
traditional dicots are thus a
paraphyletic group. The
eudicots are the
largest monophyletic group within the dicotyledons...
-
traditional Linnean (binomial) nomenclature, few
propose taxa they know to be
paraphyletic. An
example of a long-established
taxon that is not also a
clade is the...
-
descendants of a
unique common ancestor. By comparison, the term paraphyly, or
paraphyletic, uses the
ancient Gr****
preposition παρά (pará) 'beside, near', and refers...
-
formerly given to a much
larger grouping of wasps. This was
found to be
paraphyletic, so most of the old
subfamilies have been
moved to the Crabronidae. The...
