Placozoan
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Placozoan is a noun meaning (zoology) Any of a group of balloon-shaped marine organisms, of the phylum Placozoa, considered to be the simplest living animals.
Meaning
(zoology) Any of a group of balloon-shaped marine organisms, of the phylum Placozoa, considered to be the simplest living animals.
Example Sentences
Placozoans have a lower side facing the substratum and an upper side facing the water body.
Although ciliates, nematodes and are other small animals are observed around or even on placozoans, they do not seem to elicit any response (Pearse and Voigt, 2007).
Word Forms
- placozoans
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include placazoan, plasmodiid, placodontid, planulozoan, cryptoplacid, placodontoid.
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