Use the figure to answer the question. 
Which of the following statements is consistent with the phylogeny in the figure?
A) Deuterostomia evolved before Porifera.
B) Ecdysozoa evolved before Deuterostomia.
C) Porifera are more closely related to Acoela than they are to Ctenophora.
D) Porifera are more closely related to Ctenophora than they are to Acoela.
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