Trichoplax
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Trichoplax is a genus placed in the phylum Placozoa. The species Trichoplax adhaerens is one of four Placozoa species, alongside Hoilungia hongkongensis, Polyplacotoma mediterranea and Cladtertia coll
Trichoplax mic
Ultrastructure of Trichoplax adhaerens. The upper epithelium (blue bar) with monociliated cells (light blue). The intermediate layer (green bar) consists of nonciliated fiber cells (labeled "fc" in light green). The lower epithelium (orange bar) is mostly made up of monociliated cylinder cells (light red). Scale bar is 2 μm.
Extracorporeal food uptake by Trichoplax adhaerens