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Placozoa

Placozoa (/ˌplækəˈzoʊə/ PLAK-ə-ZOH-ə; lit. 'flat animals') is a phylum of free-living (non-parasitic) marine invertebrates.

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Placozoa

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related to External links · 29
Placozoa → BerkeleyEnder, Biol, California, CapabilitiesVicki Buchsbaum Pearse, Comparative Biology, Confounding Array Of Complex, Daily, DOE Joint Genome InstituteThe, Evol, Field, Genome Of Simplest Animal, Genome Portal, Grell-BS-1999, Integrative, ITZ, January, Mitochondrial DNA, Mol, Oliver Voigt, PMID
related to Evolutionary relationships · 13
Placozoa → Although, Dickinsonia, DNA, Ediacaran, Eumetazoa, Germany, However, In, Knaust, Middle Triassic Muschelkalk, More, Precambrian, Traditionally
related to Anatomy · 10
Placozoa → An, Animals, As Andrew Masterson, Crystal, Each, Michael Eitel, Placozoans, The, There, There's
related to Eumetazoa/ParaHoxozoa hypotheses · 8
Placozoa → According, Bilateria, Both, Cnidaria, Ctenophora, In, Trichoplax, Various
related to Epitheliozoa hypothesis: Sister to Eumetazoa · 6
Placozoa → Epitheliozoa, Eumetazoa, Placozoans, Porifera, The, This
related to Functional-morphology hypothesis: Sister to Porifera and Eumetazoa · 5
Placozoa → According, Both, Metazoa, On, The
related to Reproduction · 5
Placozoa → All, Cladtertia, H8, In, Sexual
related to Internal phylogeny · 4
Placozoa → DNA, Placozoa Grell, Tessler, The
related to Evolution and population dynamics · 2
Placozoa → The Placozoa, Three

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Placozoarelated to Epitheliozoa hypothesis: Sister to EumetazoaEumetazoa0.60section
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