Placozoa

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Phylum: Placozoa
Classes: Polyplacotomia – Uniplacotomia

Name

Placozoa Grell, 1971

References

Primary references

Grell, K.G. 1971. Trichoplax adhaerens F. E. Schulze und die Entstehung der Metazoen. Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau 24(4): 160–161.

Additional references

Ball, E.E. & Miller, D.J. 2010. Putting placozoans on the (phylogeographic) map. Molecular Ecology 19(11): 2181–2183. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04618.x . Reference page.
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(23): 8751–8756. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0602076103 . PDF Reference page.
Eitel, M., Francis, W.R., Varoqueaux, F., Daraspe, J., Osigus, H.-J., Krebs, S., Vargas, S., Blum, H., Williams, G.A., Schierwater, B. & Wörheide, G. 2018. Comparative genomics and the nature of placozoan species. PLoS Biology 16(7): e2005359. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2005359 . [Correction: 16(9): e3000032. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000032 .] Reference page.
Eitel, M. & Schierwater, B. 2010. The phylogeography of the Placozoa suggests a taxon-rich phylum in tropical and subtropical waters. Molecular Ecology 19(11): 2315–2327. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04617.x . Reference page.
Ender, A. & Schierwater, B. 2003. Placozoa are not derived cnidarians: evidence from molecular morphology. Molecular Biology and Evolution 20(1): 130–134. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msg018 . Reference page.
Gordon, D.P. 2009. 2. Phylum Placozoa: placozoans, trichoplaxes. Pp. 47–48 in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) 2009. New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 1. Kingdom Animalia. Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press: Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-87725772-8. Reference page. Reference page. [p. 47, '[Placozoa have] not yet been found in New Zealand waters but almost certainly occurs here']
Miller, D.J. & Ball, E.E. 2009. Animal Evolution: The Enigmatic Phylum Placozoa Revisited. Current Biology 15(1): R26-R28. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.12.016 . Reference page.
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 . Reference page.
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. DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2008.09.023 . Reference page.
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 . Reference page.
Signorovitch, A.Y., Buss, L.W. & Dellaporta, S.L. 2007. Comparative Genomics of Large Mitochondria in Placozoans. PLoS Genetics 3(1): e13. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0030013 . Reference page.
Signorovitch, A.Y., Dellaporta, S.L. & Buss, L.W. 2006. Caribbean placozoan phylogeography. Biological Bulletin 211(2): 149–156. DOI: 10.2307/4134589 . Reference page.
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(1): 127–132. DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572007000100022 . Reference page.
Srivastava, M., Begovic, E., Chapman, J., Putnam, N.H., Hellsten, U., Kawashima, T., Kuo, A., Mitros, T., Salamov, A., Carpenter, M.L., Signorovitch, A.Y., Moreno, M.A., Kamm, K., Grimwood, J., Schmutz, J., Shapiro, H., Grigoriev, I.V., Buss, L.W., Schierwater, B., Dellaporta, S.L. & Rokhsar, D.S. 2008. The Trichoplax genome and the nature of placozoans. Nature 454: 955–960. DOI: 10.1038/nature07191 . Reference page.
Tessler, M., Neumann, J.S., Kamm, K., Osigus, H.-J., Eshel, G., Narechania, A., Burns, J.A., DeSalle, R. & Schierwater, B. 2022. Phylogenomics and the first higher taxonomy of Placozoa, an ancient and enigmatic animal phylum. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10: 1016357. DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2022.1016357 . Reference page.
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. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.10.036 . hdl: 10088/6257 . Reference page.

Links

Placozoa in the Placozoa Database
Catalogue of Life: 2012 Annual Checklist
EoL

Vernacular names

Alemannisch: Plattetierer
čeština: Vločkovci
español: Placozoos
eesti: Naastloomad
suomi: Laakkoeläimet
Nordfriisk: Skiiwdiarten
ગુજરાતી: પટ્ટપ્રાણી સંઘ
हिन्दी: पट्टप्राणी संघ
magyar: Korongállatkák
日本語: 平板動物門、板形動物門
한국어: 판형동물문
lietuvių: Plokščiagyvis
latviešu: Plakozoji
मराठी: पट्टप्राणी संघ
नेपाली: पट्टप्राणी संघ
Nederlands: Plakdiertjes
polski: Płaskowce
português: Placozoários
русский: Плакозои/Пластинчатые
svenska: Placozoer
Türkçe: En ilkel çokhücreliler