Xenoturbella is a genus of very simple bilaterians up to a few centimeters long. It contains a small number of marine benthic worm-like species. The first...

Xenoturbella bocki is a marine benthic worm-like species from the genus Xenoturbella. It is found in saltwater sea floor habitats off the coast of Europe...

clade). The clade Xenacoelomorpha groups the Acoelomorpha and the genus Xenoturbella based on molecular studies. Initially this phylum was considered to be...

Xenoturbella japonica is a marine benthic worm-like species that belongs to the genus Xenoturbella. It has been discovered in western Pacific Ocean by...

Xenoturbella churro is a marine, benthic, deep-water worm-like species that belongs to the genus Xenoturbella. It was discovered in eastern Pacific Ocean...

Xenoturbella hollandorum is a marine, benthic worm-like species that belongs to the genus Xenoturbella. It was discovered in eastern Pacific Ocean by a...

Xenoturbella profunda, the purple sock or sock worm, is a marine, benthic, deep-water worm-like species that belongs to the genus Xenoturbella. It was...

Xenoturbella monstrosa, a deep-sea giant purple sock worm, is a marine, benthic, deep-water worm-like species that belongs to the genus Xenoturbella. It...

cephalopods, crustaceans, and gastropods, A similar structure is also found in Xenoturbella. The statocyst consists of a sac-like structure containing a mineralised...

Telford, M.J. (2011). "Acoelomorph flatworms are deuterostomes related to Xenoturbella". Nature. 470 (7333): 255–258. Bibcode:2011Natur.470..255P. doi:10.1038/nature09676...

clade. The close evolutionary relationship between Acoelomorpha and Xenoturbella is supported by the morphology (structure of epidermal cilia), the embryology...

bilaterian was a bottom dwelling worm with a single body opening, similar to Xenoturbella. Alternatively, it may have resembled the planula larvae of some cnidaria...

J. (2011-02-10). "Acoelomorph flatworms are deuterostomes related to Xenoturbella". Nature. 470 (7333): 255–258. Bibcode:2011Natur.470..255P. doi:10.1038/nature09676...

bilateral symmetry as an embryo, consisting of the Xenacoelomorpha (i.e., Xenoturbella and acoelomorphs) and the Ambulacraria (i.e., echinoderms and hemichordates)...

members of a separate phylum, the Acoelomorpha, or as two separate phyla. Xenoturbella, a genus of very simple animals, has also been reclassified as a separate...

all are simultaneous hermaphrodites. The Acoelomorpha and the genus Xenoturbella were formerly included in the Turbellaria, but are no longer regarded...

Peter; Nyengaard, Jens R.; Obst, Matthias; Thorndyke, Michael C. (2013). "Xenoturbella bocki exhibits direct development with similarities to Acoelomorpha"...

nerve cord in some invertebrates Nerve net in cnidaria, echinodermata, Xenoturbella and ctenophora Hemichordates, who have both dorsal and ventral cords...

; Vriejenhoek, Robert C. (4 February 2016). "New deep-sea species of Xenoturbella and the position of Xenacoelomorpha". Nature. 530 (2): 94–97. Bibcode:2016Natur...

; Vrijenhoek, Robert C. (3 February 2016). "New deep-sea species of Xenoturbella and the position of Xenacoelomorpha". Nature. 530 (7588): 94–97. Bibcode:2016Natur...

and jawed vertebrates) than to lancelets, echinoderms, hemichordates, Xenoturbella or other invertebrates. The clade consisting of tunicates and vertebrates...

Also found in single-cell ciliate. A similar structure is also found in Xenoturbella. Hearing came about in many different unrelated species with the: Tympanal...

orders. It's only family is Xenoturbellidae which contains one genus, Xenoturbella. Subphylum Acoelomorpha Acoela The class Nemertodermatida does not contain...

ocean floor; Some flatworms of the classes Turbellaria and Monogenea; Xenoturbella, a genus of bilaterian animals that contains only two marine worm-like...

Xenoturbellida are described. Only a single species from Xenoturbellida (Xenoturbella bocki) was known before. 2017. Tapanuli orangutan is found to be a distinct...

group to them. During the same study he also suggested that the genus Xenoturbella is not a part of Deuterostoma super phylum, and that the genus Symbion...

ossicruentum) Endangered Orchid (Telipogon diabolicus) "Churro" Marine Worm (Xenoturbella churro) Protist (Ancoracysta twista) Atlantic forest tree (Dinizia jueirana-facao)...

Bat starfish (Patiria miniata)  (59 genes, 40 families) Xenoturbella Xenoturbella (Xenoturbella bocki)  (46 genes, 31 families) Hexapoda (Insects) Fruit...

; et al. (2011). "Acoelomorph flatworms are deuterostomes related to Xenoturbella". Nature. 470 (7333): 255–258. Bibcode:2011Natur.470..255P. doi:10.1038/nature09676...