Holozoa
E737418
Holozoa is a major clade of opisthokont eukaryotes that includes animals and their closest unicellular relatives, such as choanoflagellates and filastereans.
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
clade
ⓘ
opisthokont clade ⓘ |
| belongsToDomain | Eukaryota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToSupergroup | Opisthokonta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterizedBy | posterior flagellum in ancestral state ⓘ |
| closestUnicellularRelativesOf | animals ⓘ |
| containsColonialLineages | true ⓘ |
| containsMulticellularLineages | true ⓘ |
| containsUnicellularLineages | true ⓘ |
| evolutionarySignificance | includes lineages that predate animal multicellularity ⓘ |
| excludesTaxon |
Fungi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nucleariida NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCommonName | holozoans ⓘ |
| hasGenomicStudies | extensive ⓘ |
| hasMember |
animals
ⓘ
choanoflagellates ⓘ corallochytreans ⓘ filastereans ⓘ ichthyosporeans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalDiversity | high ⓘ |
| includesTaxon |
Animalia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Choanoflagellata NERFINISHED ⓘ Corallochytrea NERFINISHED ⓘ Filasterea NERFINISHED ⓘ Ichthyosporea NERFINISHED ⓘ Metazoa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Eukaryota
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Opisthokonta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| phylogeneticDefinition | clade including animals and all organisms more closely related to animals than to fungi ⓘ |
| relevance | key to understanding origin of animals ⓘ |
| sisterClade | Holomycota NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedInField |
evolutionary biology
ⓘ
phylogenetics ⓘ protistology ⓘ |
| taxonomicRank | clade ⓘ |
| usedToInfer |
evolution of animal adhesion mechanisms
ⓘ
evolution of animal signaling pathways ⓘ origin of animal cell types ⓘ |
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