#Monoblastozoa

[taxonomytournament]

Taxonomy Tournament: Spiralia

Monoblastozoa. This phylum of animals has only one member, Salinella salve, which was only ever described in the 1890s and hasn't been found since.

Gastrotrich. This phylum is made up of microscopic aquatic animals that mostly live in waterbeds and feed on detritus

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[iamthestrangerinmoscow]

Favorite species ever: -no germ layers, no tissues, no organs… no problems! -only one species in the phylum described, unique as hell -a lot of cilia cause those are dope -doesn’t have a mouth, has a “mouth” -actually observed only once by this one dude -probably doesn’t exist

#monoblastozoa #salinella salve #sciblr #trying to make studying zoology fun #and it is #kinda #mattie on tumblr

[elbiotipo]

there's also that phylum of animals that were entirely different from any other animal phylum (Monoblastozoa) with cillia and other stuff, which had only one species, Salinella salve, which was found in some random salt flat in Córdoba (yes, Córdoba, Argentina) and never found again and might not even exist

#cosas mias #those minor phyla of animals are so fucked up

[taxonomytournament]

Taxonomy Tournament: Spiralia

Dicyemida. This phylum is made of tiny parasites that live in the kidneys of cephalopods

Monoblastozoa. This phylum of animals has only one member, Salinella salve, which was only ever described in the 1890s and hasn't been found since.

#animals #biology #polls #poll tournament #zoology #animal parasite #spiralia #lost media #Dicyemida #Monoblastozoa #0x31v0xce #animal tournament #Animal Tournament Round 1