Trichoplax adhaerens
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Trichoplax adhaerens is a simple, flat, millimeter-sized marine animal considered one of the most basal and structurally minimal multicellular animals, often used as a model for early animal evolution.
All labels observed (1)
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| Trichoplax adhaerens canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17749824 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Trichoplax adhaerens Context triple: [Placozoa, notableSpecies, Trichoplax adhaerens]
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A.
Excavata
Excavata is a major supergroup of unicellular eukaryotes characterized by a ventral feeding groove and often modified mitochondria, including many free-living flagellates and important parasites.
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B.
Obelia
Obelia is a genus of small, colonial marine hydrozoans known for their delicate, branching colonies and alternation of polyp and medusa life stages.
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C.
Hydractinia echinata
Hydractinia echinata is a small colonial marine hydrozoan that commonly grows on hermit crab shells and is used as a model organism for studying regeneration and allorecognition.
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D.
Lophotibis
Lophotibis is a genus of ibises, best known for the Madagascar crested ibis, and is endemic to Madagascar.
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E.
Branchiostoma
Branchiostoma is a genus of small, fish-like lancelets that are key model organisms in evolutionary biology for understanding the early evolution of chordates.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Trichoplax adhaerens Target entity description: Trichoplax adhaerens is a simple, flat, millimeter-sized marine animal considered one of the most basal and structurally minimal multicellular animals, often used as a model for early animal evolution.
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A.
Excavata
Excavata is a major supergroup of unicellular eukaryotes characterized by a ventral feeding groove and often modified mitochondria, including many free-living flagellates and important parasites.
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B.
Obelia
Obelia is a genus of small, colonial marine hydrozoans known for their delicate, branching colonies and alternation of polyp and medusa life stages.
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C.
Hydractinia echinata
Hydractinia echinata is a small colonial marine hydrozoan that commonly grows on hermit crab shells and is used as a model organism for studying regeneration and allorecognition.
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D.
Lophotibis
Lophotibis is a genus of ibises, best known for the Madagascar crested ibis, and is endemic to Madagascar.
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E.
Branchiostoma
Branchiostoma is a genus of small, fish-like lancelets that are key model organisms in evolutionary biology for understanding the early evolution of chordates.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.