The ctenophore lineage is older than sponges? That cannot be right! or can it?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 218, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 592-597

  Halanych, Kenneth M ^a,b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Choanocytes; Choanoflagellata; Comb jelly; Ctenophora; Metazoan origins; Neural evolution; Phylogeny; Porifera

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CHOANOFLAGELLIDA; CTENOPHORA (COELENTERATES); METAZOA; PORIFERA;

ANIMAL; CHOANOFLAGELLATE; CLASSIFICATION; CTENOPHORA; CYTOLOGY; EVOLUTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPONGE (PORIFERA);

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHOANOFLAGELLATA; CTENOPHORA; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PHYLOGENY; PORIFERA;

EID: 84926291510     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: 14779145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.111872     Document Type: Review

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