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. 2015 Aug 21;38(3):284–300. doi: 10.1590/S1415-475738320150005

Table 1. Summary list of non-bilaterian models being used in evo-devo research. (Modified from Technau and Steele, 2012).

Phylum Class * Model Genome Transcriptome T/M/KDM * Font
Porifera Demospongiae Amphimedon queenslandica YES YES NO Srivastava et al., 2010a
Ephydatia muelleri NO NO NO Windsor and Leys, 2010
Ephydatia fluviatilis NO NO NO Funayama, 2010
Calcarea Sycon ciliatum YES YES NO Leininger et al., 2014
Sycon coactum NO YES NO Riesgo et al., 2014
Leucosolenia complicata YES YES NO Leininger et al., 2014
Homoscleromorpha Oscarella lobularis NO YES NO Ereskovsky et al., 2009
Oscarella carmela YES YES NO Nichols et al., 2006
Cnidaria Hydrozoa Hydra magnipapilata YES YES Yes, No, RNAi Chapman et al., 2010
Clytia hemispherica YES YES No, No, Mo ** Houliston et al., 2011
Hydractinia echinata NO NO Yes, No, RNAi Kraus et al., 2014
Podocoryne carnea NO NO NO Spring et al., 2002
Scyphozoa Aurelia aurita NO YES NO Fuchs et al., 2014
Anthozoa Nematostella vectensis YES YES Yes, No, Mo/RNAi Putnam et al., 2007
Acropora digitifera YES YES NO Shinzato et al., 2011
Cubozoa Tripedalia cystophora NO NO NO Piatgorsky and Kozmik, 2004
Ctenophora Lobata Mnemiopsis leidyi YES YES NO Ryan et al., 2013
Pleurobrachiidae Pleurobrachia bachei YES YES NO Moroz et al.
Pleurobrachia pileus NO YES NO Alié et al., 2011
Placozoa - Trichoplax adhaerens YES YES Yes, No, No Schierwater et al., 2009
*

T/M/KDM = Transgenics, Mutants and knockdown methods.

**

Mo = morpholino.