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Excavata
Excavata
See also: excavata
Translingual
Proper noun
Excavata
- Certain unicellular eukaryotes, excavates, that lack typical mitochondria:
- A taxonomic clade within the supergroup Bikonta.
- A taxonomic infrakingdom within the subkingdom Eozoa.
Hypernyms
- (clade): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Bikonta - supergroup
- (infrakingdom): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Protozoa - kingdom; Eozoa - infrakingdom
Hyponyms
- (clade): Eozoa, Discicristata - superphyla
- (infrakingdom): Loukozoa, Metamonada, Percolozoa - phyla
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