Placozoa

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

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Placozoa

  1. 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]

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  1. 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