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Placozoa  Grell, 1971
Taxonomic Serial No.: 563955

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Phylum  
  Synonym(s): Treptoplax Monticelli, 1893
  
    Treptoplax reptans Monticelli, 1893
  
    Radiata
 
  Common Name(s): placozoans [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2023   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    PhylumPlacozoa Grell, 1971 – placozoans  
    Direct Children:  
       Class Polyplacotomia Tessler, Neumann, Osigus, DeSalle and Schierwater, 2022  
       Class Uniplacotomia Tessler, Neumann, Osigus, DeSalle and Schierwater, 2022  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Richard C. Brusca  
  Notes: Adjunct Professor, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721   
  Reference for: Placozoa    
       
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  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Brusca, Richard C., and Gary J. Brusca  
  Publication Date: 1990   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Invertebrates   
  Page(s): xiii + 992   
  Publisher: Sinauer Associates, Inc.   
  Publication Place: Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-87893-098-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Placozoa   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Brusca, Richard C., and Gary J. Brusca  
  Publication Date: 2002   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Invertebrates, Second Edition   
  Page(s): xx + 936   
  Publisher: Sinauer Associates, Inc.   
  Publication Place: Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-87893-097-3   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Placozoa   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Brusca, Richard C., Wendy Moore, and Stephen M. Shuster  
  Publication Date: 2016   
  Article/Chapter Title: Chapter 6: Two Basal Metazoan Phyla: Porifera and Placozoa   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Invertebrates, Third Edition   
  Page(s): 213-263   
  Publisher: Sinauer Associates, Inc.   
  Publication Place: Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-1605353753   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Placozoa   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Grell, Karl G.  
  Publication Date: 1971   
  Article/Chapter Title: Trichoplax adhaerens F. E. Schulze und die entstehung Metazoen   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau, vol. 24, no. 4   
  Page(s): 160-161   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0028-1050   
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  Reference for: original description   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Ruggiero, M. A., D. P. Gordon, T. M. Orrell, N. Bailly, T. Bourgoin, R. C. Brusca, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2015   
  Article/Chapter Title: Correction: A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: PLoS ONE vol. 10, no. 6, e0130114   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1932-6203   
  Notes: Available online at http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0130114#sec001 ; Full authorship: Ruggiero, M. A., D. P. Gordon, T. M. Orrell, N. Bailly, T. Bourgoin, R. C. Brusca, T. Cavalier-Smith, M. D. Guiry, and P. M. Kirk   
  Reference for: Placozoa   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Tessler, Michael, Johannes S. Neumann, Kai Kamm, Hans-Jürgen Osigus, Gil Eshel, and et al  
  Publication Date: 2022   
  Article/Chapter Title: Phylogenomics and the first higher taxonomy of Placozoa, an ancient and enigmatic animal phylum   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 10   
  Page(s): 1-18   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 2296-701X   
  Notes: doi: 10.3389/fevo.2022.1016357   
  Reference for: Placozoa   
       

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