What is Eumetazoa?
{{Automatic Taxobox | name = Eumetazoa | fossil_range = early [[Ediacaran]] (perhaps earlier) – Recent | image =Branchiostoma_lanceolatum.jpg | image_caption = A [[lancelet]] | taxon = Eumetazoa | authority = Butschli, 1910 }} '''Eumetazoa''' is a [[clade]] which includes all major [[animal]] [[phyla]] except [[sponge]]s, and a few other groups of animals, such as the [[Placozoa]]. The Eumetazoa have true [[tissues]], [[neurons]], and an embryo that goes through a [[gastrula]] stage. == Subgroups == * [[Radiata]] * [[Bilateria]] == References == {{wikispecies|Eumetazoa}} * Borchiellini C. ''et al.'' 2001. ''Journal of Evolutionary Biology'' '''14''' (1): 171-179. * Peterson, Kevin J. ''et al.'' 2005. Tempo & mode of early animal evolution: inferences from rocks, Hox, & molecular clocks. ''Paleobiology'' '''31'''(2, Supplement): 36-55. [[Category:Groups of phyla]]