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
- A taxonomic phylum within the kingdom Protista.
- 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. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521