Deuterostomia Dendrogram
o : crown group
^ : stem group
¶ : paraphyletic basal radiation
@ : apomorphy-based clade
* : similarity-based (classical) taxon
? : basis uncertain or not yet established
o BILATERIA (including ?some/?all "Acoelomates") (= starfish + silverfish)
|--^ DEUTEROSTOMIA (= starfish > silverfish)
| |--* Vetulicolia X
| | |--+--Xidazoon X
| | | `--Didazoon X
| | `--+--Pomatrum X
| | `--Vetulicola X
| `--+--@ CHORDATA (notochord present, or ^: movie stars > sea stars)
| `--o Ambulacraria (hemichordates + echinoderms)
| |--? Hemichordata
| `--+--Xenoturbella
| `--+--* Vetulocystidae X
| | |--Vetulocystis X
| | `--Dianchicystis X
| `--o HOMALOZOA (grade, redefined here as Rhenocystis + Echinus)
| `--+--* Stylophora X (or possibly ¶)
| `--+--* Soluta X
| `--o ECHINODERMATA (living echonoderm crown group)
`--PROTOSTOMIA
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