@article {Sorensen:2008zr,
	title = {New data from an enigmatic phylum: evidence from molecular sequence data supports a sister-group relationship between Loricifera and Nematomorpha},
	journal = {Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research},
	volume = {46},
	year = {2008},
	pages = {231-239},
	publisher = {BLACKWELL PUBLISHING},
	address = {9600 GARSINGTON RD, OXFORD OX4 2DQ, OXON, ENGLAND},
	abstract = {Loricifera is one of the most recently discovered animal phyla. So far, the group has been considered closely related to Kinorhyncha and Priapulida, and assigned to the ecdysozoan clade Cycloneuralia. Using Bayesian inference, we present the first phylogeny that includes 18S rRNA and Histone 3 sequences from two species of Loricifera. Intriguingly, we find support for a sister-group relationship between Loricifera and Nematomorpha. Such relationship has not been suggested previously and the results imply that a revision of our conception of early ecdysozoan evolution is required. Additionally, the data suggest that evolution through progenesis (sexual maturation of larvae) may have played an important role among the ancestral cycloneuralians.},
	keywords = {Cycloneuralia, Ecdysozoa, evolution, phylogeny, progenesis, Scalidophora},
	doi = {DOI 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2008.00478.x},
	author = {Sorensen, M. V. and Hebsgaard, M. B. and Heiner, I. and Glenner, H. and Willerslev, E. and Kristensen, R. M.}
}
