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Trichoplax adhaerens Schulze, 1883 
AphiaID: 142023

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Placozoa (Phylum) > Trichoplax (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Trichoplax Schultze, 1883
Synonymised
taxa
  Trichoplax reptans (synonym)
Sources  original description: Schulze, F.E. (1883). Trichoplax adhaerens, nov. gen., nov. spec. Zool Anz 6, 92-97. [details]

basis of record: van der Land, J. (2001). Placozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 103 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Ocana, A.; Ibanez, A (2006). A new record for Placozoa from the Mediterranean Sea. Belgian Journal of Zoology 136(2): 249-250. [details]

additional source: Syed, T., Schierwater B., 2002. Trichoplax adhaerens: discovered as a missing link, forgotten as a hydrozoan, re-discovered as a key to metazoan evolution. Vie Milieu 52 4: 177-187. [details]

additional source: Ivanov, A. V. 1973. Trichoplax adhaerens Schulze and the question of the orgin of the Metazoa. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 211(6): 1469-1471. [details]

additional source: Behrendt, G., Ruthmann, A. (1986). The cytoskeleton of the fiber cells of Trichoplax adhaerens (Placozoa). Zoomorphology 106, 123-130. [details]

additional source: Buchholz, K., Ruthmann, A. (1995). The mesenchyme-like layer of the fibre cells of Trichoplax adhaerens: A syncytium. Z Naturforsch [C] 50c, 282-285. [details]

additional source: Ivanov, A.V. (1973). Trichoplax adhaerens, a phagocytella-like animal. Zoologiceskij Zurnal 52, 1117-1131. [details]

additional source: Ruthmann, A., Behrendt G., Wahl, R. (1986). The ventral epithelium of Trichoplax adhaerens (Placozoa). Zoomorphology 106, 115-122. [details]

additional source: Stiasny, G. (1903). Einige histologische Details über Trichoplax adhaerens. Zeitschr wiss Zool 75, 430-436. [details]

additional source: Grell, K.G. (1971). Trichoplax adhaerens F.E. Schulze und die Entstehung der Metazoan. Naturw. Rdsch. 24, 160-161. [details]

additional source: Schierwater, B. (2005). My favorite animal, Trichoplax adhaerens. BioEssays. [details]

additional source: Parker, S.P. (Ed.) (1982). Synopsis and classification of living organisms. McGraw Hill Book Company: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-07-079031-0. 1166, 1232 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (look up in IMIS[details]

Environment marine
Distribution Almuñecar [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Mediterranean Sea [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (64 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (29158 nucleotides; 23182 proteins)
To PESI
To ITIS
Notes  Distribution: probably cosmopolitan [details]

Distribution: Cosmopolitan in litoral zones of warm seas [details]
Image 
Trichoplax adhaerens
Trichoplax adhaerens
added on 2009-07-29 - author: Schierwater, Bernd
qualitystatus: checked by Schierwater, Bernd on 2009-07-29 12:22:18
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:142023
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-04 16:28:44Z  changed  van der Land, Jacob
2009-07-01 12:35:34Z  checked  Schierwater, Bernd
  
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  Citation: Schierwater, B. (2013). Trichoplax adhaerens Schulze, 1883. In: Schierwater, B.; Eitel, M.; DeSalle, R. (2013) World Placozoa Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=142023 on 2013-05-25
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