Dendrogramma has a body plan similar to animals in the phyla Cnidaria and Ctenophora, but the observed specimens lack the stinging cells that define cnidarians and the tentacles that define ctenophorans.

What does Dendrogramma look like?

What looks like a mushroom’s stalk on Dendrogramma has a mouth at the base leading to a digestive canal that forks repeatedly once it reaches a disk, which looks like a mushroom cap. The animals’ lifestyle is as mysterious as their appearance.

What is the current scientific classification of Dendrogramma is Dendrogramma in a new phylum?

Metazoa. It has been suggested during review that Dendrogramma could represent a new non-bilaterian phylum.