Demise of Marimermithida refines primary routes of transition to parasitism in roundworms
A. V. Tchesunov, O. V. Nikolaeva, L. Y. Rusin, N. P. Sanamyan, E. G. Panina, D. M. Miljutin, D. I. Gorelysheva, A. N. Pegova, M. R. Khromova, M. V. Mardashova, K. V. Mikhailov, V. V. Yushin, N. B. Petrov, V. A. Lyubetsky, M. A. Nikitin, V. V. Aleoshin
The paper re-evaluates the evolutionary routes to parasitism in nematodes by dismissing Marimermithida and showing independent emergence of marine parasitism in free-living lineages.
bioRxiv · Feb 15, 2022 · PreprintZoology