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Phylum in the animal kingdom containing a single known species, Trichoplax adhaerens, which creeps over the surface of seaweeds in tropical seas. Placozoans are simple creatures without a clearly defined shape and sometimes behave as if they were colonies of individual organisms.

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A Weird Wee Beastie: Trichoplax adhaerens - Article by Richard Howey on this organism which is considered to be the most primitive multi-cellular animal known. Trichoplax - Information from Wikipedia on this genus of simple marine organisms, with a photograph. Introduction to Placozoa - Information and a photograph of these strange organisms which have never been observed in their natural habitat.

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