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Cercozoa
Cercozoa
Translingual
Proper noun
Cercozoa
- A taxonomic phylum within the supergroup Rhizaria – many protists.
- A taxonomic phylum within the infrakingdom Rhizaria – certain chromists.
Hypernyms
- (phylum of chromists): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Chromista - kingdom; Harosa - subkingdom; Rhizaria - infrakingdom
Hyponyms
- (phylum of protists): Filosa, Endomyxa - subphyla
- (phylum of chromists): Endomyxa, Monadofilosa, Reticulofilosa - subphyla
References
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521