Taxacom: Ctenophora sister to all other Metazoa (Myriazoa or Benthozoa?)

[Kirk Fitzhugh]

The so-called evidence isn?t test evidence, so there?s no confirmation of
any hypothesis. All that are inferred are putative hypotheses accounting
for sequence data, at the exclusion of other relevant observations. Contra
?Our findings provide strong support for the ctenphore-sister scenario and
reject the sponge-sister hypothesis.?

On Tue, May 23, 2023 at 4:08 PM Kenneth Kinman via Taxacom <
taxacom at lists.ku.edu> wrote:

>
> Hi All,
>         A recent paper in Nature provides very strong evidence which
> confirms that Phylum Ctenophora (not Porifera) is the sister group of all
> other Metazoa (but renames that sister group Myriazoa, instead of
> Benthozoa).  Wikipedia has now listed Myriazoa as a synonym of Benthozoa,
> but which clade name is more appropriate?  I personally agree that Myriazoa
> is probably a more appropriate name.
>                               ------------------Ken Kinman
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