Filasterea | |
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Ministeria vibrans | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
(unranked): | Opisthokonta |
(unranked): | Holozoa |
(unranked): | Filozoa |
Class: |
Filasterea Cavalier-Smith, 2008 |
Order: |
Ministeriida Cavalier-Smith, 1997 |
Families and Genera | |
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.
Filasterea
From Latin filum meaning "thread" and Greek aster meaning "star". Owing to the thread like protoplasmic radiating processes from the organisms of the taxon.