Cercozoa
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κέρκος (kérkos, “tail”) + -zoa.
Proper noun
Cercozoa
- A taxonomic phylum within the supergroup Rhizaria – many protists.
- A taxonomic phylum within the infrakingdom Rhizaria – certain chromists.[1]
Hypernyms
- (phylum of chromists): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Chromista - kingdom; Harosa - subkingdom; Rhizaria - infrakingdom[1]
Hyponyms
- (phylum of protists): Filosa, Endomyxa - subphyla
- (phylum of chromists): Endomyxa, Monadofilosa, Reticulofilosa - subphyla[1]
Derived terms
References
- Cercozoa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Cercozoa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Cercozoa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Cercozoa at the Catalogue of Life
- Cercozoa at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Cercozoa at the Tree of Life Web Project
- Cercozoa placement and circumscription (click icon for description) at AlgaeBase
- 2018, Thomas Cavalier-Smith, "Kingdom Chromista and its eight phyla", Protoplasma, 255:297-357, DOI 10.1007/s00709-017-1147-3