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Which of the following animal phyla is the latest to be discovered?

A $Pogonophora$
B $Kinorhyncha$
C $Loricifera$
D $Ctenophora$

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Loricifera is a phylum of microscopic, sediment-dwelling marine animals discovered relatively recently in 1983 by Danish biologist Reinhardt Kristensen. The other mentioned phyla were described much earlier in taxonomic history.

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Which of the following animal phyla is the latest to be discovered?

A

Pogonophora

B

Kinorhyncha

C

Loricifera

D

Ctenophora

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