Filozoa
Monophyletic grouping within the Opisthokonta / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For an explanation of very similar terms, see Holozoa.
The Filozoa are a monophyletic grouping within the Opisthokonta. They include animals and their nearest unicellular relatives (those organisms which are more closely related to animals than to fungi or Mesomycetozoa).[1]
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Filozoans | |
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Orange elephant ear sponge, Agelas clathrodes, in foreground. Two corals in the background: a sea fan, Iciligorgia schrammi, and a sea rod, Plexaurella nutans. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Amorphea |
Clade: | Obazoa |
(unranked): | Opisthokonta |
(unranked): | Holozoa |
(unranked): | Filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi et al., 2008 |
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Three groups are currently assigned to the clade Filozoa:
- Group Filasterea - recently erected to house the genera Ministeria and Capsaspora
- Group Choanoflagellatea - collared flagellates
- Kingdom Animalia - the animals proper