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The 9 pages that link to Choanoflagellate, each with the reason it gives.

• AnimalCompared with: Their close relationship to animals helps frame how animal multicellularity may have evolved.

• SpongeCompared with: Its resemblance to sponge choanocytes offers clues, but it is not an animal.

• OpisthokontaBroader topic: Choanoflagellates are the closest living relatives of animals among known unicellular groups.

• ChoanocyteCompared with: Choanoflagellates resemble choanocytes in form, but are not sponge cells.

• MulticellularityRelated: They illuminate traits that may have preceded animal multicellularity.

• Animal evolutionRelated: Their shared cellular features help illuminate the animal lineage’s pre-animal ancestors.

• OpisthokontBroader topic: Choanoflagellates are close unicellular relatives of animals.

• FilastereaRelated: They are another close unicellular relative of animals, alongside filastereans.

• IchthyosporeaCompared with: Choanoflagellates offer a better-known comparison for assessing how Ichthyosporea relates to animals.