ANCESTRAL PROTIST Metazoa Eumetazoa 770 million years ago 680 million years ago Bilateria 670 million years ago Porifera Ctenophora Cnidaria Acoela Deuterostomia Lophotrochozoa Hemichordata Echinodermata Chordata wwwwww Platyhelminthes Syndermata Ectoprocta Brachiopoda Ecdysozoa Mollusca Annelida Nematoda Arthropoda Which of the following statements is true based on the phylogenetic tree shown? Which of the following statements is true based on the phylogenetic tree shown? Sponges are basal animals. Bilaterians are polyphyletic. The Acoela are more closely related to echinoderms than to annelids. The animal kingdom is not monophyletic.

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ANCESTRAL
PROTIST
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
770 million
years ago
680 million
years ago
Bilateria
670 million
years ago
Porifera
Ctenophora
Cnidaria
Acoela
Deuterostomia
Lophotrochozoa
Hemichordata
Echinodermata
Chordata
wwwwww
Platyhelminthes
Syndermata
Ectoprocta
Brachiopoda
Ecdysozoa
Mollusca
Annelida
Nematoda
Arthropoda
Which of the following statements is true based on the phylogenetic tree shown?
Transcribed Image Text:ANCESTRAL PROTIST Metazoa Eumetazoa 770 million years ago 680 million years ago Bilateria 670 million years ago Porifera Ctenophora Cnidaria Acoela Deuterostomia Lophotrochozoa Hemichordata Echinodermata Chordata wwwwww Platyhelminthes Syndermata Ectoprocta Brachiopoda Ecdysozoa Mollusca Annelida Nematoda Arthropoda Which of the following statements is true based on the phylogenetic tree shown?
Which of the following statements is true based on the phylogenetic tree shown?
Sponges are basal animals.
Bilaterians are polyphyletic.
The Acoela are more closely related to echinoderms than to annelids.
The animal kingdom is not monophyletic.
Transcribed Image Text:Which of the following statements is true based on the phylogenetic tree shown? Sponges are basal animals. Bilaterians are polyphyletic. The Acoela are more closely related to echinoderms than to annelids. The animal kingdom is not monophyletic.
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