Amoebozoa

Translingual

Etymology

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms, Amoeba +‎ -zoa, whence the homologues in various modern languages, such as English amoebo- +‎ -zoan.

Proper noun

Amoebozoa

The amoebae and slime moulds
1. A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Protista.
2. A taxonomic phylum within the subkingdom Sarcomastigota.[1]

Hypernyms

(phylum in Sarcomastigota): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Protozoa - kingdom; Sarcomastigota - infrakingdom[1]

Hyponyms

(phylum in Protista): Conosa, Lobosa, Protamoebae - subphyla
(phylum in Sarcomastigota): Conosa, Lobosa - subphyla[1]

References

Amoebozoa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Amoebozoa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Amoebozoa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Amoebozoa at the Tree of Life Web Project

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. PMID 25923521, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248

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