Polyplacotoma mediterranea is a species in the phylum Placozoa, only representative of the genus Polyplacotoma.[1] They differ greatly from other species of placozoans with regards to their morphology and genetic makeup, and have been ranked in the separate class Polyplacotomia. P. mediterranea has the smallest mitogenome, the lowest GC content, and the smallest intergenic spacer regions of all placozoans. [1] Their bodily structure consists of elongated polytomous body branches, as well as a maximum size that is greater than 10 mm in length. The mitochondrial genome of Polyplacotoma mediterranea is also very compact and contains overlapping protein and tRNA gene codes.[2]
^ abOsigus, Hans-Jürgen; Rolfes, Sarah; Herzog, Rebecca; Kamm, Kai; Schierwater, Bernd (2019-03-04). "Polyplacotoma mediterranea is a new ramified placozoan species". Current Biology. 29 (5): R148–R149. Bibcode:2019CBio...29.R148O. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2019.01.068. ISSN 0960-9822. PMID 30836080.
^Miyazawa, Hideyuki; Osigus, Hans-Jürgen; Rolfes, Sarah; Kamm, Kai; Schierwater, Bernd; Nakano, Hiroaki (7 January 2021). "Mitochondrial Genome Evolution of Placozoans: Gene Rearrangements and Repeat Expansions". Genome Biology and Evolution. 13 (1): 51–53. doi:10.1093/gbe/evaa213. PMC 7813641. PMID 3031489.
Polyplacotoma mediterranea is a species in the phylum Placozoa, only representative of the genus Polyplacotoma. They differ greatly from other species...
encompassing the vast majority of the phylum, with the exception of Polyplacotoma. It was established in 2022. It comprises the orders Trichoplacea, Cladhexea...
placozoans, cnidarians, and bilaterians. These are placozoans (e.g. Polyplacotoma mediterranea, Trichoplax adhaerens, Hoilungia hongkongensis, and Cladtertia...
in 2018 and Cladtertia collaboinventa in 2022) and Polyplacotomia (Polyplacotoma mediterranea, the most basal, in 2019). Trichoplax was discovered in...
species in the phylum Placozoa. The others are Hoilungia hongkongensis, Polyplacotoma mediterranea and Cladtertia collaboinventa. Placozoa is a basal group...
Polyplacotomia is a class of placozoans, to this date only comprising Polyplacotoma mediterranea. It was established in 2022. Their morphology is strikingly...
Osigus HJ, Rolfes S, Herzog R, Kamm K, Schierwater B (March 2019). "Polyplacotoma mediterranea is a new ramified placozoan species". Current Biology....
the first species of placozoan to be discovered since 1883. 2019. Polyplacotoma mediterranea is described, the first species from the placozoan class...