Complete mitochondrial genome of Bugula neritina (Bryozoa, Gymnolaemata, Cheilostomata): phylogenetic position of Bryozoa and phylogeny of lophophorates within the Lophotrochozoa

Table 6 Topology test results

Hypothesis	Phylogenetics Hypothesis	ELW Test
Monophyly of Bryozoa and Brachiopoda	(((Br, Bc),(An-Ec)),(En, Ph))	0.4837*
//	(((Br, Bc),(En, Ph)),(An-Ec))	0.4939*
//	((((Br, Bc), Ph),(An-Ec)), En)	0.0135
//	((((Br, Bc), Ph), En),(An-Ec))	0.0135
Old-concept Bryozoa	((En, Br), Bc,(An-Ec), Ph)	0.0160
Brachiozoa	(((Bc, Ph), Br, En),(An-En))	0.0005
	((Bc, Ph), Br,(An-Ec), En)	0.0002

Asterisks (*) mark values for the topologies included in the 0.95 confidence set (ELW of the tree topologies with the highest confidence levels that added up to 0.95). The two bold-letter lines are accepted and the others are refuted.
Br, Bryozoa (Bugula+Flustrellidra); En, Entoprocta (Loxocorone+Loxosomella); Bc, Brachiopoda [((Laqueus, Terebratalia), Terebratulina)]; Ph, Phoronida (Phoronis); An, Annelida (Clymenella,(Lumbricus, Platynereis)); Ec, Echiura (Urechis).

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