Dicyemids, microscopic parasites comprising 30 cells, are in-between creatures. With their basic three-part body plan, they are more complex than single-celled protozoans but considerably less complex than multicellular metazoans—the animals of the kingdom Animalia. Yet the simple makeup of these so-called mesozoans does not translate to a simple life.
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