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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

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Gennadiy I. Markevich; Phylogenetic relationships of rotifera to other veriform taxa. Hydrobiologia 255/256:521-526, 1993

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Arguments concerning similarities in general structure and embryogenesis in Bdelloida (Rotifera), Platyhelminthes, and Acanthocephala are considered. Evolution of egg hatching in rotifers (i.e., loss of the embryonic egg shell) is evaluated in relation to the phylogenetic similarity of rotifers to the Neodermata. Based on this analysis, I proposed uniting Rotifera and Neodermata into superphylum Squamodermata.