Excavata

See also: excavata

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Excavata

Certain unicellular eukaryotes, excavates, that lack typical mitochondria:
1. A taxonomic clade within the supergroup Bikonta.
2. A taxonomic infrakingdom within the subkingdom Eozoa.[1]

Hypernyms

(clade): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Bikonta - supergroup
(infrakingdom): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Protozoa - kingdom; Eozoa - subkingdom[1]

Hyponyms

(clade): Eozoa, Discicristata - superphyla
(infrakingdom): Loukozoa, Metamonada, Percolozoa - phyla[1]

References

Excavata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Excavata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Excavata at Encyclopedia of Life
Excavata at World Register of Marine Species
Excavata at Paleobiology Database

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. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248

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