Excavata
E196712
Excavata is a major supergroup of unicellular eukaryotes characterized by a ventral feeding groove and often modified mitochondria, including many free-living flagellates and important parasites.
All labels observed (16)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Heterolobosea | 2 |
| Malawimonadida | 2 |
| Diplonemea clade | 1 |
| Diplonemida | 1 |
| Diplonemids group | 1 |
| Euglenida clade | 1 |
| Euglenozoa | 1 |
| Excavata canonical | 1 |
| Fornicate diplomonads | 1 |
| Malawimonadida clade | 1 |
| Malawimonads | 1 |
| Metamonada supergroup | 1 |
| Oxymonads group | 1 |
| Parabasalia | 1 |
| Parabasalids | 1 |
| Preaxostyla group of protists | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1759149 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Excavata Context triple: [Eukarya, hasSubgroup, Excavata]
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A.
Nephrozoa
Nephrozoa is a major clade of bilaterian animals characterized by the presence of true kidneys or kidney-like excretory organs and includes most animal phyla except sponges, cnidarians, and a few other early-branching groups.
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B.
Staurozoa
Staurozoa is a class of stalked jellyfish-like cnidarians characterized by their sessile, upside-down medusa form typically attached to substrates in cold, shallow marine waters.
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C.
Torpedosporales
Torpedosporales is an order of fungi within the class Sordariomycetes, comprising mainly marine and aquatic species known for their specialized spore morphology.
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D.
Cubozoa
Cubozoa is a class of cnidarians commonly known as box jellyfish, characterized by their cube-shaped bells and potent venom.
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E.
Anesidora
Anesidora is an epithet of the Greek goddess Demeter that emphasizes her role as the giver of gifts, especially the bounty of the earth.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Excavata Target entity description: Excavata is a major supergroup of unicellular eukaryotes characterized by a ventral feeding groove and often modified mitochondria, including many free-living flagellates and important parasites.
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A.
Nephrozoa
Nephrozoa is a major clade of bilaterian animals characterized by the presence of true kidneys or kidney-like excretory organs and includes most animal phyla except sponges, cnidarians, and a few other early-branching groups.
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B.
Staurozoa
Staurozoa is a class of stalked jellyfish-like cnidarians characterized by their sessile, upside-down medusa form typically attached to substrates in cold, shallow marine waters.
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C.
Torpedosporales
Torpedosporales is an order of fungi within the class Sordariomycetes, comprising mainly marine and aquatic species known for their specialized spore morphology.
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D.
Cubozoa
Cubozoa is a class of cnidarians commonly known as box jellyfish, characterized by their cube-shaped bells and potent venom.
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E.
Anesidora
Anesidora is an epithet of the Greek goddess Demeter that emphasizes her role as the giver of gifts, especially the bounty of the earth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (112)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
eukaryote supergroup
ⓘ
taxonomic clade ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
often modified mitochondria
ⓘ
unicellular organization ⓘ ventral feeding groove ⓘ |
| domain | Eukaryota ⓘ |
| hasMember |
Discoba
ⓘ
Excavata self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Euglenozoa
Excavata self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Heterolobosea
Jakobida ⓘ Excavata self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Malawimonadida
Metamonada ⓘ |
| includes |
free-living flagellates
ⓘ
heterotrophic protists ⓘ parasitic protists ⓘ photosynthetic protists ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Carpediemonas
ⓘ
Carpediemonas-like organisms ⓘ Diplonemea ⓘ Excavata self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Diplonemea clade
Diplonemea ⓘ
surface form:
Diplonemea group
Diplonemea ⓘ
surface form:
Diplonemid flagellates
Excavata self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Diplonemida
Excavata self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Diplonemids group
Discicristata ⓘ Discicristata ⓘ
surface form:
Discicristata clade
Discicristata ⓘ
surface form:
Discicristata group
Discoba clade ⓘ Discoba group ⓘ Discoba supergroup ⓘ Discobids ⓘ Euglena ⓘ Euglenid flagellates ⓘ Euglenida ⓘ Excavata self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Euglenida clade
Euglenida group ⓘ Euglenida ⓘ
surface form:
Euglenids
Euglenids group ⓘ Euglenozoa clade ⓘ Euglenida ⓘ
surface form:
Euglenozoa group
Euglenida ⓘ
surface form:
Euglenozoa supergroup
Euglenida ⓘ
surface form:
Euglenozoans
Fornicata ⓘ Fornicata clade ⓘ Fornicata group ⓘ Excavata self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Fornicate diplomonads
Fornicate diplomonads group ⓘ Fornicate flagellates ⓘ Giardia ⓘ Giardia ⓘ
surface form:
Giardia lamblia
Excavata self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Heterolobosea
Heterolobosea amoeboflagellates ⓘ Heteroloboseans ⓘ
surface form:
Heterolobosea clade
Heteroloboseans ⓘ
surface form:
Heterolobosea group
Heteroloboseans ⓘ Heteroloboseans group ⓘ Hypermastigida ⓘ Jakobid flagellates ⓘ Jakobida ⓘ Jakobida ⓘ
surface form:
Jakobida clade
Jakobida ⓘ
surface form:
Jakobida group
Jakobids ⓘ Jakobids group ⓘ Kinetoplastea ⓘ Kinetoplastea ⓘ
surface form:
Kinetoplastea clade
Kinetoplastea ⓘ
surface form:
Kinetoplastea group
Kinetoplastea ⓘ
surface form:
Kinetoplastid flagellates
Kinetoplastea ⓘ
surface form:
Kinetoplastids
Kinetoplastids group ⓘ Kinetoplastea ⓘ
surface form:
Leishmania
Leishmania donovani ⓘ Malawimonad flagellates ⓘ Excavata self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Malawimonadida
Excavata self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Malawimonadida clade
Malawimonadida group ⓘ Excavata self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Malawimonads
Malawimonadida group ⓘ
surface form:
Malawimonads group
Metamonada clade ⓘ Metamonada ⓘ
surface form:
Metamonada group
Excavata self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Metamonada supergroup
Metamonads ⓘ Monocercomonoides ⓘ Naegleria fowleri ⓘ Naegleria gruberi ⓘ Fornicate flagellates ⓘ
surface form:
Oxymonad flagellates
Oxymonads ⓘ
surface form:
Oxymonadida
Oxymonadida clade ⓘ Oxymonadida group ⓘ Oxymonads ⓘ Excavata self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Oxymonads group
Excavata self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Parabasalia
Parabasalia clade ⓘ Parabasalia group ⓘ Parabasalid flagellates ⓘ Excavata self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Parabasalids
Parabasalia group ⓘ
surface form:
Parabasalids group
Preaxostyla ⓘ Preaxostyla ⓘ
surface form:
Preaxostyla clade
Preaxostyla ⓘ
surface form:
Preaxostyla group
Excavata self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Preaxostyla group of protists
Preaxostylid flagellates ⓘ Trichomonas ⓘ Trichomonas ⓘ
surface form:
Trichomonas vaginalis
Trimastix ⓘ Trypanosoma ⓘ Trypanosoma ⓘ
surface form:
Trypanosoma brucei
Trypanosoma ⓘ
surface form:
Trypanosoma cruzi
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| kingdom | Eukaryota ⓘ |
| taxonRank | supergroup ⓘ |
| typicalCellStructureFeature |
modified mitochondria in many lineages
ⓘ
one or more flagella ⓘ ventral feeding groove supported by cytoskeleton ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Excavata Description of subject: Excavata is a major supergroup of unicellular eukaryotes characterized by a ventral feeding groove and often modified mitochondria, including many free-living flagellates and important parasites.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Diplonemida
this entity surface form:
Parabasalia
this entity surface form:
Heterolobosea
this entity surface form:
Malawimonadida
this entity surface form:
Parabasalids
this entity surface form:
Fornicate diplomonads
this entity surface form:
Malawimonads
this entity surface form:
Euglenida clade
this entity surface form:
Diplonemea clade
this entity surface form:
Malawimonadida clade
this entity surface form:
Metamonada supergroup
this entity surface form:
Preaxostyla group of protists
this entity surface form:
Oxymonads group
this entity surface form:
Diplonemids group