Eumetazoa

Eumetazoa is a clade which includes all major animal phyla except sponges, 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 

 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
Category:Animals