Placozoa

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Trichoplax adhaerens

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: incertae sedis
Phylum: Placozoa
Familiae: Trichoplacidae

[edit] Name

Placozoa Grell, 1971

[edit] References

• 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. [1]
• Ender, A.; Schierwater, B. 2003: Placozoa are not derived cnidarians: evidence from molecular morphology. Molecular biology and evolution , 20(1): 130-134. [2]
• Gordon, D.P. 2009: 2. 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.
• Grell, K.G. 1971: Trichoplax adhaerens: F.E. Schulze und die Entstehung der Metazoen. Naturwiss. Rundschau, 24: 160-161.
• 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(2): 370-379. efirst version
• 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 [3]
• 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. [4]
• 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. [5]

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