Placozoa (/ˌplækəˈzoʊə/ PLAK-ə-ZOH-ə; lit. 'flat animals') is a phylum of marine and free-living (non-parasitic) animals. They are blob-like animals composed...
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ParaHoxozoa (or Parahoxozoa) is a clade of animals that consists of Bilateria, Placozoa, and Cnidaria. The relationship of Parahoxozoa relative to the two other...
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Trichoplax (category Placozoa)
species in the phylum Placozoa. The others are Hoilungia hongkongensis, Polyplacotoma mediterranea and Cladtertia collaboinventa. Placozoa is a basal group...
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(sponges). The basal eumetazoan clades are the Ctenophora and the ParaHoxozoa. Placozoa is now also seen as a eumetazoan in the ParaHoxozoa. The competing hypothesis...
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Parazoa (section Porifera and Placozoa)
extinct sponges sometimes considered a separate phylum. In other cases, Placozoa is included, depending on the authors. Porifera and Archaeocyatha show...
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lines. The most basal animals, the Porifera, Ctenophora, Cnidaria, and Placozoa, have body plans that lack bilateral symmetry. Their relationships are...
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(jellyfish, hydrae, sea anemones and corals), Ctenophora (comb jellies) and Placozoa (tiny "flat animals"). For the most part, bilateral embryos are triploblastic...
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List of animal classes (section Placozoa)
Schierwater, Bernd (2022-12-08). "Phylogenomics and the first higher taxonomy of Placozoa, an ancient and enigmatic animal phylum". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution...
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Planulozoa is a clade which includes the Placozoa, Cnidaria (corals and jellyfish) and the Bilateria (all the more complex animals including worms, insects...
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Porifera, Diploblasts Diploblasts: Ctenophora, ParaHoxozoa ParaHoxozoa: Placozoa, Cnidaria, Bilateria/Triploblast Bilateria: Xenacoelomorpha, Nephrozoa...
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