Filozoa
Filozoans Temporal range: 760–0 Ma
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Orange elephant ear sponge, Agelas clathrodes , in foreground. Two corals in the background: a sea fan, Iciligorgia schrammi , and a sea rod, Plexaurella nutans . | |
Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Amorphea |
Clade: | Obazoa |
Clade: | Opisthokonta |
Clade: | Holozoa |
Clade: | Filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi et al., 2008 |
Subgroups | |
The Filozoa are a monophyletic grouping within the Opisthokonta. They include animals and their nearest unicellular relatives (those organisms which are more closely related to animals than to fungi or Mesomycetozoa).[1]
Three groups are currently assigned to the clade Filozoa:
- Group Filasterea - recently[when? ] erected to house the genera Ministeria and Capsaspora
- Group Choanoflagellatea - collared flagellates
- Kingdom Animalia - the animals proper
Etymology
[edit ]From Latin filum meaning "thread" and Greek zōion meaning "animal".
Phylogeny
[edit ]A phylogenetic tree of Filozoa and its most closely related clades:[2] [3] [4] [5]