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Table 2 Ancestral character state reconstructions for monophyletic Cycloneuralia topology

From: Ancestral morphology of Ecdysozoa constrained by an early Cambrian stem group ecdysozoan

Character

Total group Ecdysozoa (PP)

Crown group Ecdysozoa (PP)

Cycloneuralia (PP)

Scalidophora (PP)

Panarthropoda (PP)

Present in Acosmia ?

Terminal mouth

0 = 0.025844

1 = 0.974156

0 = 0.001292

1 = 0.998708

0 = 0.000311

1 = 0.998708

0 = 0.000112

1 = 0.999888

0 = 0.001364

1 = 0.998636

Yes

Pharyngeal armature

0 = 0.960884

1 = 0.039116

0 = 0.099041

1 = 0.900959

0 = 0.074002

1 = 0.925998

0 = 0.001654

1 = 0.998346

0 = 0.029938

1 = 0.970062

No

Circumoral structures

0 = 0.962664

1 = 0.037336

0 = 0.066616

1 = 0.933384

0 = 0.005602

1 = 0.994398

0 = 0.000135

1 = 0.999865

0 = 0.051245

1 = 0.948755

No (spines possibly present)

Annulated trunk

0 = 0.028351

1 = 0.971649

0 = 0.001323

1 = 0.998677

0 = 0.000592

1 = 0.999408

0 = 0.009102

1 = 0.990898

0 = 0.000251

1 = 0.999749

Yes

Scalid covered introvert

0 = 0.999969

1 = 0.000031

0 = 0.999636

1 = 0.000364

0 = 0.995771

1 = 0.004229

0 = 0.003437

1 = 0.996563

0 = 0.999987

1 = 0.000013

No

Paired sclerites

0 = 0.994583

1 = 0.005417

0 = 0.990559

1 = 0.009441

0 = 0.996393

1 = 0.003607

0 = 0.993516

1 = 0.006484

0 = 0.955548

1 = 0.044452

No

  1. Values of ancestral character state reconstructions. 0 = absence of character, 1 = presence of character, PP = posterior probability