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Following the interpretation of Seison as the sister group of the Acanthocephala (see below), we must now consider the justification of the remaining Rotifera (Rotatoria)1 — Monogononta + Bdelloida — as a monophylum. The state of the female gonads provides a convincing autapomorphy.
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Ax, P. (2003). Rotifera — N.N. (Seison + Acanthocephala). In: Multicellular Animals. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-08874-6_7
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