Cladtertia
Cladtertia is a genus of placozoan discovered in 2022, whose only currently described species is Cladtertia collaboinventa. However, the genus is known to contain several other species, awaiting a formal description. Its closest described relative is Hoilungia hongkongensis, with whom it forms the order Hoilungea. After Trichoplax, Hoilungia and Polyplacotomia, it is the fourth described placozoan genus (and species) up to date.
| Cladtertia | |
|---|---|
| Microscopic image of Cladtertia collaboinventa. Scale bar is 0.2 mm. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 | |
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