Sentences with phrase «extant animal phylum»

The answer to the question of whether the sponges or the comb jellies (also known as sea gooseberries) represent the oldest extant animal phylum is of crucial importance to our understanding of organismic evolution.

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Moreover, this burst of animal forms led to most of the major animal groups we know today, that is, every extant Phylum.
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