Placozoa 
AphiaID: 22737

Classification: Biota > Animalia

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Phylum
Parent		Animalia
Sources		basis of record: 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. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Ender, A., Schierwater B., 2003. Placozoa are not derived Cnidarians: Evidence from molecular morphology. Mol. Biol. Evol. 20 1: 130-134. [details] additional source: 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. Current Biology 14 22: R944-R945. [details] additional source: Schierwater, B., de Jong, D., DeSalle, R. (2009) Placozoa and the evolution of Metazoa and intrasomatic cell differentiation. International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology 41: 370-379 [details] additional source: 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 [details]
Direct child taxa		Genus Trichoplax Schultze, 1883 Genus Treptoplax Monticelli, 1893 (unaccepted) Family Trichoplacidae (unaccepted)
Environment		marine
Links		To GenBank To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:22737
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   db_admin 2007-01-10 09:56:49Z   changed   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2009-07-01 13:17:44Z   checked   Schierwater, Bernd
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		Citation: Schierwater, B. (2013). Placozoa. In: Schierwater, B.; Eitel, M.; DeSalle, R. (2013) World Placozoa Database. Accessed through: Schierwater, B.; Eitel, M.; DeSalle, R. (2013) World Placozoa Database at http://www.marinespecies.org/placozoa/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22737 on 2013-05-20