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Genus of tardigrades

Platicrista

Microscopic diagram showing Platicrista angustata at B
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Tardigrada
Class:	Eutardigrada
Order:	Parachela
Family:	Hypsibiidae
Genus:	Platicrista Pilato, 1987
Species
see text

Platicrista is a genus of tardigrade in the class Eutardigrada.

Species

Platicrista affine (Mihelcic, 1951)
Platicrista angustata (Murray, 1905)
Platicrista cheleusis Kathman 1990
Platicrista horribilis Kaczmarek and Michalczyk, 2003
Platicrista itaquasconoide (Durante and Maucci, 1975)
Platicrista ramsayi Marley, 2006

References

Gąsiorek, Piotr; Michalczyk, Łukasz (May 2020). "Phylogeny of Itaquasconinae in the light of the evolution of the flexible pharyngeal tube in Tardigrada". Zoologica Scripta. 49 (4): 499–515. doi:10.1111/zsc.12424. ISSN 0300-3256.
Marley, Nigel J. (2006-04-03). "A new species of Tardigrada, Platicrista ramsayi sp. nov. from the páramo of Volcán Chiles, Ecuador". Zootaxa. 1166 (1): 35–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1166.1.3. ISSN 1175-5334.

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Extant animal phyla

(major groups

ParaHoxozoa
(Planulozoa)

Placozoa (Trichoplax and relatives) Cnidaria (jellyfish and relatives)
Bilateria (Triploblasts)	(see below↓)

The phylogeny of the animal root is disputed; see also: Eumetazoa; Benthozoa

Scalidophora	Kinorhyncha (mud dragons) Priapulida (penis worms)

N+L+P

Nematoida

L+P

Loricifera (corset animals)

Panarthropoda

Spiralia

Gnathifera

Chaetognatha (arrow worms) Gnathostomulida (jaw worms)
M+S	Micrognathozoa (Limnognathia) Syndermata Rotifera (wheel animals) Acanthocephala (thorny-headed worms)

Platytrochozoa

R+M

Rouphozoa	Platyhelminthes (flatworms) Gastrotricha (hairybacks)
Mesozoa	Orthonectida Dicyemida or Rhombozoa Monoblastozoa (Salinella)†

Lophotrochozoa

M+K

Mollusca (molluscs)

Kryptotrochozoa

Nemertea (ribbon worms)

Lophophorata

Bryozoa s.l.	Entoprocta or Kamptozoa Ectoprocta (moss animals)
Brachiozoa	Brachiopoda (lamp shells) Phoronida (horseshoe worms)

The phylogeny of Bilateria is disputed; see also: Nephrozoa; Deuterostomia; Xenambulacraria; Centroneuralia

Major groups
within phyla

Sponges
Cnidarians
Chordates
Echinoderms
Hemichordates
- Acorn worms
- Pterobranchs
Nematodes
Arthropods
Platyhelminths
Ectoproctans
Annelids
Molluscs

Phyla with ≥1000 extant species bolded

Potentially dubious phyla †

Extremophiles

Types

Notable
extremophiles

Bacteria	Chloroflexus aurantiacus Deinococcus radiodurans Deinococcota Snottite Thermus aquaticus Thermus thermophilus Spirochaeta americana GFAJ-1
Archaea	Pyrococcus furiosus Strain 121 Pyrolobus fumarii Thermococcus gammatolerans
Eukaryota	Cyanidioschyzon merolae Galdieria sulphuraria Paralvinella sulfincola Halicephalobus mephisto Pompeii worm

Taxon identifiers
Platicrista	Wikidata: Q2852182 Wikispecies: Platicrista ADW: Platicrista CoL: 6RLS EoL: 14986 Fauna Europaea: 240456 Fauna Europaea (new): eecdadf8-291b-4d5c-a72d-c51c4ecc47d4 GBIF: 2253547 IRMNG: 1093828 ITIS: 710238 NBN: NHMSYS0020824879 NCBI: 947185 Open Tree of Life: 5004677 WoRMS: 342603

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