Nephrozoa

Eubilateria Ax, 1987 Nephrozoa is a proposed major clade of bilaterian animals.

It includes all bilaterians other than Xenacoelomorpha.

It contrasts with the Xenambulacraria hypothesis, which instead posits that Xenacoelomorpha is most closely related to Ambulacraria.

Authors supporting the Xenambulacraria hypothesis have suggested that the genetic evidence used to support Nephrozoa may be due to systematic error.

[1] Below is a proposed phylogenetic tree of Nephrozoa: Xenacoelomorpha Chordata Echinodermata Hemichordata Ecdysozoa Spiralia

Echinoderm Chordata Ecdysozoa Hemichordata Lophotrochozoa Platyzoa