The epidermal ciliary rootlets of Xenoturbella bocki (Xenoturbellida) revisited: new support for a possible kinship with the Acoelomorpha (Platyhelminthes)
The epidermal ciliary rootlets of Xenoturbella bocki (Xenoturbellida) revisited: new support for a possible kinship with the Acoelomorpha (Platyhelminthes)
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1463-6409.1998.tb00440.x
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发表时间:
1998-07-01
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2.5
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Lundin, K
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Lundin, K
Ultrastructural studies of epidermal locomotory ciliary structures of Xenoturbella bocki? i.e. the basal part of the axoneme, the basal body and the ciliary rootlets. have revealed characters supporting the hypothesis of a close relationship between Xenoturbella and the Acoelomorpha. Some of the most prominent of these possibly synapomorphic characters are a cup-shaped structure at the base of the axoneme. a proximally hollow rootlet arising on the anterior face of the basal body and bundles of microtubules extending from the basal foot to the main rootlets in the next hind row. Other views in the recent literature places Xenoturbella as closely related to the Mollusca or to the stem species of the Bilateria. As such, the phylogenetic affinities of Xenoturbella remain highly debateable. A review of recent reports on the subject is given here, together with a discussion of combinations of current phylogeny hypotheses. (C) 1998 The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.