Biology as Poetry: Life's Diversity

Bacteriophage Ecology Group

Parazoan

An animal that lacks tissue grade body organization, that is, their bodies are separated into distinct, specialized tissues.

These animals are represented by the sponges, which display cellular differentiation: a cellular grade of body organization. See by contrast eumetazoan.

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