Domain Eukaryota | ||
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Class FilastereaCavalier-Smith, 2008 Order MinisteriidaCavalier-Smith, 1997 Similar Holomycota, Mesomycetozoea, Fonticula, Capsaspora, Nucleariida |
Filasterea is a proposed basal Filozoan clade that includes Ministeria and Capsaspora. It is a sister clade to the Apoikozoa in which the Choanoflagellatea and Animals appeared.
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Etymology
From Latin filum meaning "thread" and Greek aster meaning "star". Owing to the thread like protoplasmic radiating processes from the organisms of the taxon.
Taxonomy
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