Phylum Placozoa
Synonym: Phagocytellozoa
Parent taxon: Eumetazoa according to C. Nielsen 2012
See also Edgecombe et al. 2011 and Zrzavy et al. 1998
Sister taxa: Ausiidae, Bilateralomorpha, Eoandromeda, Funisia, Neuralia, Plexus, Quaestio, Rangeomorpha, Shufangtubulus, Tribrachiomorpha, Triploblastica, Wutubus
Subtaxa: none