Hoilungidae is a recently created placozoan family comprising Hoilungia and other yet-undescribed species. Named in 2022, it is believed to be sister to Cladtertiidae, and corresponds to Clades IV, V and VII of the literature.[1]
Hoilungidae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Placozoa |
Class: | Uniplacotomia |
Order: | Hoilungea |
Family: | Hoilungidae Tessler et al., 2022 |
Genera[1] | |
References
edit- ^ a b Tessler, Michael; Neumann, Johannes S.; Kamm, Kai; Osigus, Hans-Jürgen; Eshel, Gil; Narechania, Apurva; Burns, John A.; DeSalle, Rob; Schierwater, Bernd (2022-12-08). "Phylogenomics and the first higher taxonomy of Placozoa, an ancient and enigmatic animal phylum". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 10. doi:10.3389/fevo.2022.1016357.