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Animal
Animals are a major group of mostly multicellular, eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Animalia or Metazoa. Their body plan eventually becomes fixed as they develop, although some undergo a process of metamorphosis later on in their life. Most animals are motile, meaning they can move spontaneously...
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Parazoa
The Parazoa are an ancestral subkingdom of animals, literally translated as "beside the animals".
Parazoans differ from their choanoflagellate ancestors in that they are macroscopic and have differentiated cells, but unlike "true animals" (Eumetazoa...
Scientific name:
- Parazoa
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Cnidaria
Cnidaria (pronounced /naɪˈdɛəriə/ with a silent c) is a phylum containing over 9,000 species of animals found exclusively in aquatic, mostly marine, environments. Their distinguishing feature is cnidocytes, specialized cells that they use mainly for...
Scientific name:
- Cnidaria
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ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 48738
Trichoplax
The Placozoa are a primitive form of invertebrate. They are the simplest in structure of all non-parasitic multicellular animals (Metazoa). They are generally classified as a single species, Trichoplax adhaerens, although there is enough genetic...
Scientific name:
- Placozoa
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ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 563955
NCBI Taxon ID:
- 10228
Loricifera
Loricifera (from Latin, lorica, corselet + Greek, φορη, phora, bearing) is a small phylum of marine sediment-dwelling animals with twenty-two described species, in eight genera. Aside from these described species, there are approximately 100 more...
Scientific name:
- Loricifera
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ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 202425
NCBI Taxon ID:
- 310840
Entoprocta
Entoprocta, whose name means "anus inside", is a phylum of mostly sessile aquatic animals, ranging from 0.1 to 7 millimetres (0.0039 to 0.28 in) long. Mature individuals are goblet-shaped, on relatively long stalks. They have a "crown" of solid...
Scientific name:
- Entoprocta
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ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 156732
NCBI Taxon ID:
- 43120
Kinorhyncha
Kinorhyncha (Gr. κίνηω, kīneō 'move' + ρυνχος, rhynchos 'snout') is a phylum of small (1 mm or less) marine pseudocoelomate invertebrates that are widespread in mud or sand at all depths as part of the meiobenthos. They are also called mud dragons....
Scientific name:
- Kinorhyncha
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ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 59467
NCBI Taxon ID:
- 51516
Eumetazoa
Eumetazoa (Greek: εὖ eu well + μετά after + ζῷον [zóon],Animal) is a clade comprising all major animal groups except sponges, placozoa and several other little known animals. Characteristics of eumetazoans include true tissues organized into germ...
Scientific name:
- Eumetazoa
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Orthonectida
Orthonectida (pronounced /ˌɔrθɵˈnɛktɪdə/) is a small phylum of poorly-known parasites of marine invertebrates that are among the simplest of multi-cellular organisms. Members of this phylum are known as orthonectids.
Multinucleate plasmodia give...
Scientific name:
- Orthonectida
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ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 57409
NCBI Taxon ID:
- 33209
Rhombozoa
Rhombozoa, or Dicyemida, is a phylum of tiny parasites that live in the renal appendages of cephalopods. Although the name Dicyemida precedes Rhombozoa in usage, and is preferred by most contemporary authors, Rhombozoa still enjoys much popular...
Scientific name:
- Rhombozoa
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ITIS Taxon S/N:
- 563954
NCBI Taxon ID:
- 10214
