Cladtertia
Cladtertia collaboinventa is a species of placozoan discovered in 2022, the only member of the genus Cladtertia, making it the fourth known placozoan species up to date.[1] Its closest described relative is Hoilungia hongkongensis, with whom it forms the order Hoilungea.
| Cladtertia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Placozoa |
| Class: | Uniplacotomia |
| Order: | Hoilungea |
| Family: | Cladtertiidae Tessler et al., 2022 |
| Genus: | Cladtertia Tessler et al., 2022 |
| Species: | C. collaboinventa |
| Binomial name | |
| Cladtertia collaboinventa Tessler et al., 2022 | |
Etymology
The genus name comes from Ancient Greek kládos (clade) and Latin tertius (the third), referring to its specimens previously being assigned to placozoan Clade III in literature.
References
- 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. 10. doi:10.3389/fevo.2022.1016357.
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