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typically true of its
sister clade, Deuterostomia. Well-known
examples of
protostomes are arthropods, molluscs, annelids,
flatworms and nematodes. They are...
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distinguishing characteristic, but
deuterostomy has
since been
discovered among protostomes as well. The
deuterostomes are also
known as enterocoelomates, because...
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basis for
separating bilaterian animals into two
natural groupings: the
protostomes and deuterostomes. In
animals at
least as
complex as an earthworm, a...
- The
Spiralia are a
morphologically diverse clade of
protostome animals,
including within their number the molluscs, annelids,
platyhelminths and other...
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Lophotrochozoa (/ləˌfɒtroʊkoʊˈzoʊə/, "crest/wheel animals") is a
clade of
protostome animals within the Spiralia. The
taxon was
established as a monophyletic...
- the
mouth in
protostomes, and the **** in deuterostomes. Many
taxonomists now
recognize at
least two more
superphyla among the
protostomes,
Ecdysozoa (molting...
- to the type of body
cavity they possess, such as
pseudocoelomates and
protostome coelomates. In
amniotes and some invertebrates, the
coelom is the large...
- the vast
majority of
bilaterians belong to two
large superphyla: the
protostomes,
which includes organisms such as arthropods, molluscs, flatworms, annelids...
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strictly related to and
possibly belonging to Gnathifera, a
clade of
protostomes that do not
belong to
either Ecdysozoa or Lophotrochozoa. Chaetognaths...
- to this view, most
researchers now
regard phoronids as
members of the
protostome super-phylum Lophotrochozoa.
Although analysts using molecular phylogeny...
