EST based phylogenomics of Syndermata questions monophyly of Eurotatoria

Table 1 List of the syndermatan species for which new data have been collected in the present analysis

Species	Taxon	Origin	# EST	# RP
Pomphorhynchus laevis	Acanthocephala (Palaeacanthocephala)	Gravel pit at Gimbsheim, Germany (from host Barbus fluviatilis)	2.207	65
Echinorhynchus truttae	Acanthocephala (Palaeacanthocephala)	River Leine at Göttingen, Germany (from host Salmo trutta fario)	1.440	23
Brachionus plicatilis	Monogononta	Lab culture + public data	2.000	16 (28)
Philodina roseola	Bdelloidea	Public data	None	0 (72)

For Brachionus and Philodina the number of ribosomal proteins found in our EST datasets is shown outside brackets, the number in the combined datasets is within brackets. A complete list of taxa and ribosomal proteins used in this analysis can be found in Additional file 2.

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