Metazoa
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Origin of Metazoa
From New Latin, dating back to 1870–75; see origin at meta-, -zoa
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Our integrative analyses place Ctenophora as the earliest lineage within Metazoa.
From Nature • May 20, 2014
The first establishment of a new kind of individual by the sexual process is effected in a very similar manner in all Metazoa.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various
The Coelentera may thus be briefly defined as Metazoa which exhibit two embryonic cell-layers only,—the ectoderm and endoderm,—their body-cavities being referable to a single cavity or coelenteron in the endoderm.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various
The parasites found in the bowel belong principally to two natural groups, Protozoa and Metazoa.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various
The gastrula stage was the palingenetic repetition of the ancestral form of all Metazoa, the Gastræa.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
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