Eumetazoa

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Eumetazoa is a major animal clade that includes all multicellular animals with true tissues, organized body plans, and complex cell differentiation, excluding sponges.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Eumetazoa canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf animal clade
clade
taxon
definedBy exclusion of sponges
presence of true tissues
domain Eukarya
surface form: Eukaryota
evolvedFrom early metazoan ancestors
excludes Porifera
sponges
fossilRecord Cambrian
Precambrian Supereon
surface form: Precambrian
hasAlternativeName true animals
hasCharacteristic complex cell differentiation
digestive cavity in most members
embryonic germ layers
epithelial tissues
extracellular matrix with collagen
gastrulation during development
intercellular junctions
multicellularity
nervous system in most members
organized body plan
presence of muscle cells in most members
presence of neurons in most members
specialized cell types
true tissues
hasDevelopmentalProcess embryogenesis involving tissue layering
hasMember annelids
arthropods
comb jellies
corals
echinoderms
flatworms
jellyfish
molluscs
sea anemones
vertebrates
hasPhylogeneticPosition monophyletic group
hasReproductionMode sexual reproduction in most members
hasSubdivision Bilateria
Radiata
includes Bilateria
Cnidaria
Ctenophora
isPartOf Metazoa
isSubsetOf animals
kingdom Animalia
taxonRank subkingdom

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lophotrochozoa subdivisionOf Eumetazoa
Anthozoa subkingdom Eumetazoa
Nephrozoa higherClassification Eumetazoa
Bilateria higherClassification Eumetazoa
Spiralia subdivisionOf Eumetazoa