wasps, and crustaceans.

Etymology

The term paraphyly, or paraphyletic, derives from the two Ancient Greek words , meaning "beside, near", and , meaning "genus, species", and refers to the situation in which one or several monophyletic subgroups of organisms (e.g., genera, species) are left apart from all other descendants of a unique common ancestor.

Conversely, the term monophyly,

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