Placozoa

See also: placozoa

Translingual

Etymology

From placo- +‎ -zoa.

Proper noun

Placozoa

  1. The placozoans; blob-like, free-living marine invertebrates, considered to be some of the simplest animals.
    1. (obsolete) A taxonomic phylum within the subkingdom Agnotozoa.
    2. A taxonomic phylum within the subkingdom Eumetazoa.
    3. A taxonomic class within the phylum Placozoa.[1]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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