#  New research refutes the monophyly of Arachnida 

 





February 08, 2022

 

 

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 New research from the Giribet Lab refutes the monophyly of Arachnida, suggesting that horseshoe crabs colonized the sea from a land ancestor.

 [Comprehensive species sampling and sophisticated algorithmic approaches refute the monophyly of Arachnida, published in Molecular Biology and Evolution](https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/39/2/msac021/6522129).



 

 

 



 

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