Excavata

See also: excavata

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Excavata

  1. Certain unicellular eukaryotes, excavates, that lack typical mitochondria:
    1. A taxonomic clade within the supergroup Bikonta.
    2. A taxonomic infrakingdom within the subkingdom Eozoa.[1]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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
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