Similar to most amoebozoans, the forams and the radiolarians also have pseudopods, as do some of the white blood cells of animals (monocytes). If one were to construct a taxon that included all organisms that have cells with pseudopods, what would be true of such a taxon?
A) It would be polyphyletic.
B) It would be paraphyletic.
C) It would be monophyletic.
D) It would include all eukaryotes.

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A taxon that includes all organisms with pseudopods would be polyphyletic because pseudopods have evolved independently in different lineages, such as amoebozoans, forams, radiolarians, and some animal cells, rather than from a common ancestor.

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