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1
Q

how are new phyla discovered

A

changes branches of evolutionary tree by novelies

2
Q

loriciferia

A

mini urns/icecream cones

- new phyla

3
Q

cycliophora

A

tiny symbiotic animals in mouthpars of lobsters and scampi

4
Q

micrognathozoa

A

minature jaw animals found in greenland

5
Q

new phyla discoveries

A

loriciferia
cycliophora
microghatnozoa

6
Q

new phyla from old

A

acoelomoprha and xenoturbellida

7
Q

acoelomoprha

A

small marine flatworm creatures that have sludge

different from flatworms/flukes/taperorms

8
Q

xenoturbellida

A

flattend worms; blind ending gut

- unclear what phyla (either molluscs of plathelmynth or hemichordate: turns out something new entirel)