Filozoa
Filozoans | |
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Orange elephant ear sponge, sea fan, Iciligorgia schrammi, and a sea rod, Plexaurella nutans .
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Amorphea |
Clade: | Obazoa |
(unranked): | Opisthokonta |
(unranked): | Holozoa |
(unranked): | Filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi et al., 2008 |
Subgroups | |
The Filozoa are a
Mesomycetozoa).[1]
Three groups are currently assigned to the clade Filozoa:
- Group genera Ministeria and Capsaspora
- Group Choanoflagellatea - collared flagellates
- Kingdom Animalia - the animals proper
Etymology
From Latin filum meaning "thread" and Greek zōion meaning "animal".
Phylogeny
A phylogenetic tree of Filozoa and its most closely related clades:[2][3][4][5]
Opisthokonta
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1300 mya |
Characteristics
The ancestral
microvilli, that are also made from actin) around the cilium or flagellum; this is thought to be an inheritance from their most recent common filozoan ancestor.[1]