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.
1. A taxonomic phylum within the infrakingdom Alveolata.
2. A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Miozoa.[1]

Hypernyms

(subphylum): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Chromista - kingdom; Harosa - subkingdom; Halvaria - infrakingdom; Alveolata - superphylum; Miozoa - phylum[1]

Hyponyms

(subphylum): Apicomplexa, Dinozoa - infraphyla[1]

References

Myzozoa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Myzozoa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Myzozoa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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

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