Opisthokonta

E200472

Opisthokonta is a major clade of eukaryotes that includes animals, fungi, and their closest unicellular relatives, united by shared cellular and molecular features.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Opisthokonta canonical 5
Choanoflagellata 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf eukaryote clade
supergroup of eukaryotes
characterizedBy chitin presence in many lineages
collagen presence in animal lineages
flattened mitochondrial cristae
single posterior flagellum in ancestral state
containsClade Filozoa
Holomycota
Holozoa
distinguishedFrom Archaeplastida
Excavata
SAR supergroup
domain Eukarya
surface form: Eukaryota
etymology from Greek opisthen meaning behind and kontos meaning pole or flagellum
hasCommonAncestor opisthokont last common ancestor
hasTrait glycogen as storage carbohydrate in many members
rear-positioned flagellum in motile cells of many basal members
similar insertion-deletion molecular signatures in conserved proteins
includes Opisthokonta self-linksurface differs
surface form: Choanoflagellata

Corallochytrea
Filasterea
Ichthyosporea
Ichthyosporea
surface form: Mesomycetozoea

Metazoa
Nucleariida
Opisthosporidia
Rozellomyceta
animals
choanoflagellates
fungi
microsporidia
nucleariids
unicellular relatives of animals
unicellular relatives of fungi
includesMulticellularLineages true
includesUnicellularLineages true
kingdomIncludes Animalia
Fungi
partOf Amorphea
phylogeneticallySupportedBy molecular sequence data
ultrastructural evidence
sisterGroupOf Amoebozoa
taxonRank clade
supergroup
unitedBy shared cellular features
shared molecular features

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eukarya hasSubgroup Opisthokonta
Dikarya higherClassification Opisthokonta
Basidiomycota superkingdom Opisthokonta
Opisthokonta includes Opisthokonta self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Choanoflagellata
Nemertea superkingdom Opisthokonta