Cladhexea

{{Short description|Order of placozoans}}

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{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Cladhexea

| authority = Tessler et al., 2022 {{cite journal|last1=Tessler|first1=Michael|last2=Neumann|first2=Johannes S.|last3=Kamm|first3=Kai|last4=Osigus|first4=Hans-Jürgen|last5=Eshel|first5=Gil|last6=Narechania|first6=Apurva|last7=Burns|first7=John A.|last8=DeSalle|first8=Rob|last9=Schierwater|first9=Bernd|title=Phylogenomics and the first higher taxonomy of Placozoa, an ancient and enigmatic animal phylum|journal= Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution|date=2022-12-08|volume=10|doi=10.3389/fevo.2022.1016357|doi-access=free}}

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Cladhexea is a recently created placozoan order comprising yet-undescribed species. Named in 2022, it is believed to be sister to Hoilungea, and corresponds to Clade VI of the literature.