Sarcomastigophora
| Protist | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| Phylum: | Sarcomastigophora
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| Subphyla | |
The phylum Sarcomastigophora belongs to the Protista or protoctista kingdom and it includes many unicellular or colonial, autotrophic, or heterotrophic organisms.
Taxonomy
It is divided into three subphyla: the Mastigophora, the Sarcodina and the Opalinata.[1]
It is polyphyletic, and it is not a universally recognized classification. It places great significance upon method of locomotion in generating the taxonomy.
It can be described either as:
- kingdom Protista → phylum Sarcomastigophora
or in older classifications as
Name
It gets its name from the combination of "Sarcodina" (which is an older term used for amoeboids)[3] and "Mastigophora" (which is an older term for flagellates).
See also
References
- ^ Species:Sarcomastigophora
- ^ Dunster, Katherine; Dunster, Julian A. (1996). Dictionary of natural resource management. Vancouver: UBC Press. p. 337. ISBN 0-7748-0503-X.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Pawlowski J, Burki F (2009). "Untangling the phylogeny of amoeboid protists". J. Eukaryot. Microbiol. 56 (1): 16–25. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2008.00379.x. PMID 19335771.