Placozoa

Trichoplax adhaerens

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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Placozoa
Familiae (1): Trichoplacidae

References

diversity

• Eitel, M.; Schierwater, B. 2010: The phylogeography of the Placozoa suggests a taxon-rich phylum in tropical and subtropical waters. Molecular ecology, 19: 2315-2327. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04617.x
• Voigt, O.; Collins, A.G.; Buchsbaum Pearse, V.; Pearse, J.S.; Ender, A.; Hadrys, H.; Schierwater, B. 2004: Placozoa: no longer a phylum of one. Current biology, 14: R944-R945. PDF

phylogeny

• Ball, E.E.; Miller, D.J. 2010: Putting placozoans on the (phylogeographic) map. Molecular ecology, 19: 2181-2183. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04618.x
• Dellaporta, S.L.; Xu, A.; Sagasser, S.; Jakob, W.; Moreno, M.A.; Buss, L.W.; Schierwater, B. 2006: Mitochondrial genome of Trichoplax adhaerens supports Placozoa as the basal lower metazoan phylum. PNAS, 103: 8751-8756. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0602076103 PDF
• Ender, A.; Schierwater, B. 2003: Placozoa are not derived cnidarians: evidence from molecular morphology. Molecular biology and evolution , 20: 130-134. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msg018
• Miller, D.J.; Ball, E.E. 2009: Animal Evolution: The Enigmatic Phylum Placozoa Revisited. Current biology, 15: R26-R28. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.12.016
• Pearse, V.B.; Voigt, O. 2007: Field biology of placozoans (Trichoplax): distribution, diversity, biotic interactions. Integrative and comparative biology, 47(5): 677-692. doi: 10.1093/icb/icm015
• Schierwater, B.; de Jong, D.; DeSalle, R. 2009: Placozoa and the evolution of Metazoa and intrasomatic cell differentiation. International journal of biochemistry and cell biology, 41: 370-379. doi: 10.1016/j.biocel.2008.09.023
• Schierwater, B.; Kamm, K.; Srivastava, M.; Rokhsar, D.; Rosengarten, R.D.; Dellaporta, S.L. 2008: The early ANTP gene repertoire: insights from the placozoan genome. PLoS ONE, 3(8): e2457. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002457
• Signorovitch, A.Y.; Buss, L.W.; Dellaporta, S.L. 2007: Comparative Genomics of Large Mitochondria in Placozoans. PLoS Genet, 3(1): e13. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030013
• Signorovitch, A.Y.; Dellaporta, S.L.; Buss, L.W. 2006: Caribbean placozoan phylogeography. Biological bulletin, 211(2): 149-156.
• da Silva, F.B., Muschner, V.C., Bonatto, S.L. 2007. Phylogenetic position of Placozoa based on large subunit (LSU) and small subunit (SSU) rRNA genes. Genetics and molecular biology, 30: 127-132. ISSN: 1415-4757 doi: 10.1590/S1415-47572007000100022
• Srivastava, M. et al. 2008: The Trichoplax genome and the nature of placozoans. Nature, 454, 955-960. doi: 10.1038/nature07191

other

• Gordon, D.P. 2009: 2. Phylum Placozoa: placozoans, trichoplaxes. Pp. 47-48 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 1. Kingdom Animalia. Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 9781877257728 [p. 47, '[Placozoa have] not yet been found in New Zealand waters but almost certainly occurs here']
• Grell, K.G. 1971: Trichoplax adhaerens: F.E. Schulze und die Entstehung der Metazoen. Naturwiss. Rundschau, 24: 160-161.

links

• Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
• EoL
• Placozoa in the Placozoa Database
• WoRMS (2010). Placozoa. In: Schierwater, B.; Eitel, M.; DeSalle, R. World Placozoa Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=22737 on 2011-10-02

Vernacular names

Alemannisch: Plattetierer
česky: Vločkovci
español: Placozoos
日本語: 平板動物門、板形動物門
português: Placozoários
русский: Плакозои/Пластинчатые
suomi: Laakkoeläimet
svenska: Placozoer
Türkçe: En ilkel çokhücreliler

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