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Trichoplax adhaerens is one of the four
named species in the
phylum Placozoa. The
others are
Hoilungia hongkongensis,
Polyplacotoma mediterranea and Cladtertia...
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constituting the most
primitive metazoan phylum. The
first known placozoan,
Trichoplax adhaerens, was
discovered in 1883 by the
German zoologist Franz Eilhard...
- Sag****er, Sven; Kuhn,
Kerstin (April 2004). "The Trox-2 Hox/ParaHox gene of
Trichoplax (Placozoa)
marks an
epithelial boundary".
Development Genes and Evolution...
- its
environment and
behave accordingly. Not all
animals have neurons;
Trichoplax and
sponges lack
nerve cells altogether.
Neurons may be
packed to form...
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Parazoa the
poriferous or
sponge phyla and Placozoa—comprising only the
Trichoplax adhaerens species – on the
basis of
shared primitive characteristics:...
- Applications. 6th ed.
United States:Thomson, 2006. ISBN 0-534-46224-3.
TRICHOPLAX ADHAERENS (PLACOZOA TYPE) St. Petersburg. 2005 Metazoa: the
Animals Nielsen...
- Eumetazoa. (The
latter refers to all the
animals except the sponges,
Trichoplax, and the
still poorly understood Mesozoa).
Neither grouping is accepted...
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Hoilungia hongkongensis, with whom it
forms the
order Hoilungea.
After Trichoplax,
Hoilungia and Polyplacotomia, it is the
fourth described placozoan genus...
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response that
sponges use to rid
themselves of contaminants. The
genome of
Trichoplax, a
primitive organism that also
lacks a
nervous system,
contains numerous...
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Their morphology is
consistent across the class,
resembling the
typical Trichoplax as
mostly rounded, flat
organisms rather than the polytomous, branching...
