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Protostomia
PROTOSTOMES
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Overview
One of the two major groups of bilaterians. In protostomes, the mouth typically forms from the blastopore (if present) in early development (contrast with deuterostomes). The major protostome groups are the lophotrochozoans and ecdysozoans.

Phylogeny

Acknowledgements

I thank John Pickering for his assistance with the development of this page.


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