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Early deuterostomes and their modern counterparts. Bilateria, one of the five major lineages of animals, is split into two groups; the protostomes and deuterostomes. Deuterostomes consist of chordates (which include the vertebrates) and ambulacrarians. [20] It seems likely that the Kimberella was a member of the protostomes.
The majority of animals more complex than jellyfish and other cnidarians are split into two groups, the protostomes and deuterostomes, the latter of which contains chordates. [43] It seems very likely the 555 million-year-old Kimberella was a member of the protostomes.
Deuterostomes are therefore known as enterocoelomates. Examples of deuterostome coelomates belong to three major clades: chordates ( vertebrates , tunicates , and lancelets ), echinoderms ( starfish , sea urchins , sea cucumbers ), and hemichordates ( acorn worms and graptolites ).
In deuterostomes, the original dent becomes the anus, while the gut eventually tunnels through the embryo until it reaches the other side, forming an opening that becomes the mouth. [1] It was originally thought that the blastopore of the protostomes formed the mouth, and the anus formed second when the gut tunneled through the embryo.
Bilateria has traditionally been divided into two main lineages or superphyla. [27] The deuterostomes traditionally include the echinoderms, hemichordates, chordates, and the extinct Vetulicolia. The protostomes include most of the rest, such as arthropods, annelids, molluscs, and flatworms.
Two extinct taxa of uncertain placement, Vetulocystida and Yanjiahella, have each been proposed as either stem-group echinoderms [9] [10] or stem-group ambulacrarians. [11] [12] Vetulocystids have also been tentatively proposed as the basal-most stem-group chordates, [13] while Yanjiahella has also been proposed to be a stem-group hemichordate ...
Scientists are divided about whether the Bryozoa (Ectoprocta) are a monophyletic group (whether they include all and only a single ancestor species and all its descendants), about what are the phylum's closest relatives in the family tree of animals, and even about whether they should be regarded as members of the protostomes or deuterostomes ...
With the placement of hemichordates and echinoderms as a sister group to chordates, a new hypothesis has emerged-suggesting that pharyngeal gill slits were present in the deuterostome ancestor . [11] Intriguingly, extant echinoderms lack pharyngeal structures, but fossil records reveal that ancestral forms of echinoderms had gill-like ...