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Myzozoa
Myzozoa
Translingual
Proper noun
Myzozoa
- Certain of the Chromista, formerly considered protists, that feed by myzocytosis, sucking nutrients from within the cell walls of their prey, and their close relatives.
Hypernyms
- (subphylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Chromista - kingdom; Harosa - subkingdom; Halvaria - infrakingdom; Alveolata - superphylum; Miozoa - phylum[1]
Hyponyms
- (subphylum): Apicomplexa, Dinozoa - infraphyla[1]
References
- 1 2 3 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