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Trypanosomatida
Trypanosomatida
Translingual
Proper noun
Trypanosomatida
- A taxonomic order within the class Kinetoplastea – parasitic flagellate protozoa, some of which cause serious disease in humans.
Hypernyms
- (order): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Protozoa - kingdom; Eozoa - subkingdom; Euglenozoa - infrakingdom; Euglenozoa - phylum - phylum; Saccostoma - subphylum; Kinetoplastea - class
Hyponyms
- (order): Trypanosomatina - sole suborder; Trypanosomatidae - sole family
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