Phylogeny of Medusozoa and the evolution of cnidarian life cycles
@article{Collins2002PhylogenyOM, title={Phylogeny of Medusozoa and the evolution of cnidarian life cycles}, author={A. Collins}, journal={Journal of Evolutionary Biology}, year={2002}, volume={15} }
To investigate the evolution of cnidarian life cycles, data from the small subunit of the ribosome are used to derive a phylogenetic hypothesis for Medusozoa. These data indicate that Cnidaria is monophyletic and composed of Anthozoa and Medusozoa. While Cubozoa and Hydrozoa are well supported clades, Scyphozoa appears to be paraphyletic. Stauromedusae is possibly the sister group of either Cubozoa or all other medusozoans. The phylogenetic results suggest that: the polyp probably preceded the… Expand
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