Translingual

Proper noun

Microsporidia

1. The microsporidians, spore-forming unicellular parasites of animal hosts, of which fewer than 1% are believed to have been described.
   1. A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Fungi.
   2. A taxonomic phylum within the subkingdom Sarcomastigota.

Hypernyms

• (phylum in Protozoa): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Protozoa - kingdom; Sarcomastigota - subkingdom

Hyponyms

• (phylum in Fungi): Apansporoblastina, Pansporoblastina - orders
• (phylum in Protozoa): Disporea, Metchnikovellea, Minisporea, Pleistophorea - classes
  • Metchnikovellida, Minisporida, Pleistophorida - orders

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

English

Noun

microsporidia

1. plural of microsporidium