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Metamonada
Metamonada
Translingual
Proper noun
Metamonada
- Very many flagellate amitochondriate protozoa:
- A taxonomic phylum within the superphylum Eozoa.
- A taxonomic phylum within the infrakingdom Excavata.
Hypernyms
- (phylum in Excavata): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Protozoa - kingdom; Eozoa - subkingdom; Excavata - infrakingdom
Hyponyms
- (phylum in Eozoa): Anaeromonada, Trichozoa
- (phylum in Excavata): Anaeromonadea, Carpomonadea, Eopharyngea, Trichomonadea, Trichonymphea - classes
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