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The occurrence of trochophore larvae in four phyla considered in the previous chapter has frequently been quoted as evidence of common ancestry, but I claim that the evidence has been wrongly interpreted. Much the same applies to larvae resembling trochophores and the phyla in which they occur (the near-trochophorate phyla). I shall first consider three phyla whose larvae are widely accepted as related to trochophores. There are, however, a number of other larval types whose relationship to trochophores is debated, and these will be treated more briefly.
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Williamson, D.I. (2003). Near-Trochophorate Animals: Flatworms, Nemerteans, Bryozoans, Lophophorates. In: The Origins of Larvae. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0357-4_7
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