Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Placozoa - (Family) Trichoplacidae

Current position

Trichoplacidae (Family)

Ref: J. van der Land, 2001: 103; http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30141689.

Alternative positions

Dicyemida (Order) van Beneden, 1876	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1975 (1971): 588; 588. [inferred name]
Metazoa ([unranked]) Haeckel 1874	Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2012: table 2 (p. 439).

Historical positions

Metazoa ([unranked]) Haeckel 1874	Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2012: table 2 (p. 439).
Metazoa ([unranked]) Haeckel 1874	Ref: S.M. Adl et al., 2005: 415.
Trichoplacidae (Family)	Ref: J. van der Land, 2001: 103.
Placozoa (Phylum) Grell, 1971	Ref: T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998: table 4 (p. 235). [rough position]
Placozoa (Phylum) Grell, 1971	Ref: C. Nielsen, 1995
Placozoa (Phylum) Grell, 1971	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Placozoa (Phylum) Grell, 1971	Ref: L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz, 1982: 166. [rough position]
Placozoa (Phylum) Grell, 1971	Ref: K.G. Grell, 1982: 639. [rough position]
Dicyemida (Order) van Beneden, 1876	Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1975 (1971): 588. [inferred name]

Number of Subtaxa

2026	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	1s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000: 8 Sep 2014	[1s]
2012	S.M. Adl et al.: table 2 (p. 439)	1s
2005	S.M. Adl et al.: 415	1s
2005	S.M. Adl et al.: 415	1s
1995	C. Nielsen	[1s]
1990	R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca	1s
1982	K.G. Grell	[1s]
1982	L. Margulis & K.V. Schwartz	1s