Placozoa

See also: placozoa

Translingual edit

Etymology edit

New Latin, from Ancient Greek stem of πλάξ (pláx, “something broad or flat”) + ζῷον (zôion, “animal”)

Proper noun edit

Placozoa

Balloon-like marine animals, the placozoans, believed to be the simplest organism in Animalia.
1. (obsolete) A taxonomic phylum within the subkingdom Agnotozoa.
2. A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Animalia.^[1]
3. A taxonomic class within the phylum Placozoa.^[1]

Hypernyms edit

(phylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom^[1]

Hyponyms edit

(phylum): Placozoa - sole class;^[1] Trichoplacidae - sole family; Trichoplax - sole accepted genus; Trichoplax adhaerens - sole accepted species

Coordinate terms edit

(phylum in unnamed subkingdom of Animalia): Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Porifera^[1]

References edit

Placozoa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Placozoa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Placozoa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Placozoa at the Tree of Life Web Project
Placozoa at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Placozoa at Encyclopedia of Life
Placozoa at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Placozoa at World Register of Marine Species

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248

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