Translingual

Proper noun

Kinetoplastea

1. A taxonomic class within the phylum Euglenozoa – kinetoplastids, flagellated protozoans characterized by having organelles (kinetoplasts) containing a large mass of DNA.

Hypernyms

• (class): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Protozoa - kingdom; Eozoa - subkingdom; Euglenozoa - infrakingdom; Euglenozoa - phylum; Saccostoma - subphylum

Hyponyms

• (class): Bodonida, Protokinetoplastida, Trypanosomatida - 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