Student Project Figures Figure 11 Figure 32: Using mitochondrial and DNA sequencing, this phylogenetic tree of the Stylidae family was produced: S. rubra the closest relative to S. brakenhielmi diverged before the split of Botryllinae and the remaining members of Symplegma. Meaning that S. brakenhielmi is a transitional form between solitary Stylidae (Stylinae) and colonial Stylidae (Polyzoinae and Botryllinae). Adapted from Pérez-Portela, et al, 2009. Figure 10 Figure 11 Figure 12