Opisthokonta
Translingual
Opisthokonta sp.
Etymology
From opisthokont (“with a posterior flagellum”).
Proper noun
Opisthokonta
- A taxonomic clade within the superkingdom Eukaryota.
- A taxonomic supergroup within the superkingdom Eukaryota.[1]
Hyponyms
- (clade): Animalia, Fungi - kingdoms; Choanomonada, Mesomycetozoa - clades
- (supergroup): Choanozoa, Microsporidia - phyla; Animalia, Fungi - kingdoms[1]
References
Opisthokonta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Opisthokonta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies - Opisthokonta at Encyclopedia of Life
- Opisthokonta at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- 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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