Placozoa

See also: placozoa

Translingual

Etymology

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

Proper noun

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.
   3. A taxonomic class within the phylum Placozoa.

Hypernyms

• (phylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom

Hyponyms

• (phylum): Placozoa - sole class; Trichoplacidae - sole family; Trichoplax - sole accepted genus; Trichoplax adhaerens - sole accepted species

Coordinate terms

• (phylum in unnamed subkingdom of Animalia): Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Porifera

References

• Placozoa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Placozoa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Placozoa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Placozoa at the Tree of Life Web Project
• Placozoa at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Placozoa at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Placozoa at World Register of Marine Species