Mesozoa
Sign in to saveThe Mesozoa are minuscule, worm-like parasites of marine invertebrates. Generally, these tiny, elusive creatures consist of a somatoderm (outer layer) of ciliated cells surrounding one or more reproductive cells.
Species
mesozoans
Phylum
- PhylumMesozoa
Habitatmarine
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Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- subkingdom
- taxon name
- Mesozoa
- topic's main category
- Category:Mesozoa
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- taxon common name
- mellomdyr
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Evolution
- Groupings
- Rhombozoan mesozoans
- Orthonectid mesozoans
- References
- External links
The Mesozoa are minuscule, worm-like parasites of marine invertebrates. Generally, these tiny, elusive creatures consist of a somatoderm (outer layer) of ciliated cells surrounding one or more reproductive cells.
A 2017 study recovered Mesozoa as a monophyletic group that emerged in the Lophotrochozoa as sister of the Rouphozoa.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mesozoa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.