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Placozoa

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
PHYLUM
Published in
Grell KG. (1971). Trichoplax adhaerens FE Schulze und die Entstehung der Metazoen. Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau, 24(4):160–161. https://www.marinespecies.org/placozoa/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=336570

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Placozoa

Name

Homonyms
Placozoa
Common names
placozoans in English
placozoans in English
平板動物門 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Brusca, Richard C., Wendy Moore, and Stephen M. Shuster, 2016: Chapter 6: Two Basal Metazoan Phyla: Porifera and Placozoa. Invertebrates, Third Edition. 213-263.
  2. Brusca, Richard C., and Gary J. Brusca, 1990: null. Invertebrates. xiii + 992.
  3. Brusca, Richard C., and Gary J. Brusca, 2002: null. Invertebrates, Second Edition. xx + 936.
  4. Ender, A., Schierwater B., 2003. Placozoa are not derived Cnidarians: Evidence from molecular morphology. Mol. Biol. Evol. 20 1: 130-134.
  5. Grell KG. (1971). Trichoplax adhaerens FE Schulze und die Entstehung der Metazoen. <em>Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau.</em> 24(4):160-161.
  6. Grell, K.G., Ruthmann, A. (1991) Placozoa. In: Harrison FW, Westfall, J.A., editor. Microscopic Anatomy of Invertebrates, Placozoa, Porifera, Cnidaria, and Ctenophora. New York: Wiley-Liss. pp. 13-28
  7. Grell, Karl G., 1971: Trichoplax adhaerens F. E. Schulze und die entstehung Metazoen. Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau, vol. 24, no. 4. 160-161.
  8. Knaust, D. (2021). A microbialite with its entombed benthic community from the Middle Triassic (Anisian-Ladinian) Muschelkalk Group of Germany. <em>Palaeontographica Abteilung A.</em> 320(1-3): 1-63.
  9. Margulis, L.; Schwartz, K.V. (1998). Five Kingdoms: an illustrated guide to the Phyla of life on earth. 3rd edition. Freeman: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-7167-3027-8. xx, 520 pp.
  10. Ruggiero, Gordon, Bailly, Kirk & Nicolson (2011) The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A.
  11. Ruggiero, M. A., D. P. Gordon, T. M. Orrell, N. Bailly, T. Bourgoin, R. C. Brusca, et al., 2015: Correction: A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE vol. 10, no. 6, e0130114.
  12. Ruggiero, M. A.; Gordon, D. P.; Orrell, T. M.; Bailly, N.; Bourgoin, T.; Brusca, R. C.; Cavalier-Smith, T.; Guiry, M. D.; Kirk, P. M. (2015). A higher level classification of all living organisms. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 10(4): e0119248. 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248
  13. Schierwater, B.; De Jong, D.; DeSalle, R. (2009). Placozoa and the evolution of Metazoa and intrasomatic cell differentiation. <em>The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology.</em> 41(2): 370-379. 10.1016/j.biocel.2008.09.023
  14. Srivastava, M.; Begovic, E.; Chapman, J.; Putnam, N. H.; Hellsten, U.; Kawashima, T.; Kuo, A.; Mitros, T.; Salamov, A.; Carpenter, M. L.; Signorovitch, A. Y.; Moreno, M. A.; Kamm, K.; Grimwood, J.; Schmutz, J.; Shapiro, H.; Grigoriev, I. V.; Buss, L. W.; Schierwater, B.; Dellaporta, S. L.; Rokhsar, D. S. (2008). The Trichoplax genome and the nature of placozoans. <em>Nature.</em> 454(7207): 955-960. 10.1038/nature07191
  15. Srivastava, M.; Begovic, E.; Chapman, J.; Putnam, N. H.; Hellsten, U.; Kawashima, T.; Kuo, A.; Mitros, T.; Salamov, A.; Carpenter, M. L.; Signorovitch, A. Y.; Moreno, M. A.; Kamm, K.; Grimwood, J.; Schmutz, J.; Shapiro, H.; Grigoriev, I. V.; Buss, L. W.; Schierwater, B.; Dellaporta, S. L.; Rokhsar, D. S. (2008). The Trichoplax genome and the nature of placozoans. <em>Nature.</em> 454(7207): 955-960. 10.1038/nature07191
  16. Srivastava, M.; Begovic, E.; Chapman, J.; Putnam, N. H.; Hellsten, U.; Kawashima, T.; Kuo, A.; Mitros, T.; Salamov, A.; Carpenter, M. L.; Signorovitch, A. Y.; Moreno, M. A.; Kamm, K.; Grimwood, J.; Schmutz, J.; Shapiro, H.; Grigoriev, I. V.; Buss, L. W.; Schierwater, B.; Dellaporta, S. L.; Rokhsar, D. S. (2008). The Trichoplax genome and the nature of placozoans. <em>Nature.</em> 454(7207): 955-960. 10.1038/nature07191
  17. Tessler, Michael, Johannes S. Neumann, Kai Kamm, Hans-Jürgen Osigus, Gil Eshel, and et al, 2022: Phylogenomics and the first higher taxonomy of Placozoa, an ancient and enigmatic animal phylum. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 10. 1-18.
  18. Voigt, O.; Collins, A.G.; Pearse, V.B.; Pearse, J.S.; Ender, A.; Hadrys, H.; Schierwater, B. (2004). Placozoa - no longer a phylum of one. <em>Current Biology.</em> 14 (22): 944-945. 10.1016/j.cub.2004.10.036
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