Phylogenomics and the first higher taxonomy of Placozoa, an ancient and enigmatic animal phylum

Phylogenomics and the first higher taxonomy of Placozoa, an ancient and enigmatic animal phylum

Placozoa is an ancient phylum of extraordinarily unusual animals: miniscule, ameboid creatures that lack most fundamental animal features. Despite high genetic diversity, only recently have the second and third species been named. While prior genomic studies suffer from incomplete placozoan taxon sa...

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Main Authors: Michael Tessler, Johannes S. Neumann, Kai Kamm, Hans-Jürgen Osigus, Gil Eshel, Apurva Narechania, John A. Burns, Rob DeSalle, Bernd Schierwater
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
molecular morphology
higher taxonomy
Metazoa
morphology
phylogenomics
Placozoa
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2022.1016357/full

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