Placozoa

See also: placozoa

Translingual

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Placozoa

Balloon-like marine animals, the placozoans, believed to be the simplest organism in Animalia.
1. 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

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

Hyponyms

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

Coordinate terms

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

References

Placozoa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Placozoa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
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 on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Placozoa at World Register of Marine Species

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. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

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