Definition of Metazoa. Meaning of Metazoa. Synonyms of Metazoa

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Definition of Metazoa

Metazoa
Metazoa Met`a*zo"a, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ? after + ? an animal.] (Zo["o]l.) Those animals in which the protoplasmic mass, constituting the egg, is converted into a multitude of cells, which are metamorphosed into the tissues of the body. A central cavity is commonly developed, and the cells around it are at first arranged in two layers, -- the ectoderm and endoderm. The group comprises nearly all animals except the Protozoa.

Meaning of Metazoa from wikipedia

- 1874, Ernst Haeckel divided the animal kingdom into the multicellular Metazoa (now synonymous with Animalia) and the Protozoa, single-celled organisms...
- animal and fungus kingdoms. The opisthokonts, previously called the "Fungi/Metazoa group", are generally recognized as a clade. Opisthokonts together with...
- a formal taxon Eumetazoa is typically ranked as a subkingdom. The name Metazoa has also been used to refer to this group, but more often refers to the...
- around 300 unicellular species. It consists of various subgroups, namely Metazoa (or animals) and the protists Choanoflagellata, Filasterea, Pluriformea...
- animal is a multicellular, eukaryotic organism of the kingdom Animalia or Metazoa. Animal, Animals, or The Animal may also refer to: The Animal (nickname)...
- released its debut EP The Last Tree in 2007, and released the studio albums, Metazoa in September 2009, Dwellings in December 2011 and Earth Diver in April...
- Haeckel divided the animal kingdom into two subkingdoms, one of which was Metazoa for the multicellular animals. It had five phyla, including the articulates...
- Zooplankton are the heterotrophic component of the planktonic community (the "zoo-" prefix comes from Ancient Gr****: ζῷον, romanized: zôion, lit. 'animal')...
- the transition from unicellular organisms to the multicellular animals (Metazoa) and are thus considered a sister taxon to all other metazoans: According...
- Life web projectBilateria Archived 2020-11-16 at the Wayback Machine University of California Museum of PaleontologySystematics of the Metazoa...