“…Columns labeled D2024-18S and D2024-Tr indicate the 18S and transcriptomic datasets generated in this study, respectively. The other studies included are Chang et al, 2015;Kayal et al, 2018;Quattrini et al, 2017Quattrini et al, , 2020Quattrini et al, , 2023Zapata et al, 2015, andStampar et al, 2019. (GCF_000090795), the placozoan Trichoplax adhaerens (ABGP00000000), the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster (GCF_000001215), the marine annelid Capitella teleta (PR-JNA175705), the limpet Lottia gigantea (PRJNA175706), the purple sea urchin Strongylocentrotus purpuratus (https://metazoa.ensembl.org, release 47), and the zebra finch Taeniopygia guttata (ABQF00000000) (Table S3). We used diamond v0.9.…”