Fornicata group

E728819

The Fornicata group is a clade of mostly anaerobic, flagellated protists within the Excavata supergroup, including organisms such as diplomonads that often inhabit animal intestines.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Fornicata group canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf clade ⓘ
group of protists ⓘ
associatedWithDisease giardiasis (via Giardia species) ⓘ
belongsToSupergroup Excavata ⓘ
cellStructure flagella ⓘ
two or more nuclei in many diplomonads ⓘ
ventral adhesive disc in some members ⓘ
cellSymmetry often bilaterally symmetrical cells ⓘ
domain Eukaryota ⓘ
linked to: Eukarya
ecologicalRole intestinal parasites ⓘ
intestinal symbionts ⓘ
flagellaNumber multiple flagella in many species ⓘ
hasCharacteristic eukaryotic ⓘ
flagellated ⓘ
microaerophilic metabolism ⓘ
mostly anaerobic ⓘ
often parasitic or commensal ⓘ
reduced or absent mitochondria ⓘ
unicellular ⓘ
hasMember Carpediemonas-like organisms ⓘ
Diplomonadida ⓘ
Giardia ⓘ
Hexamita ⓘ
linked to: Hexamita inflata

Retortamonadida ⓘ
Spironucleus ⓘ
includes carpediemonads ⓘ
diplomonads ⓘ
retortamonads ⓘ
isPartOf Excavata supergroup ⓘ
linked to: Excavata
kingdom Protista ⓘ
metabolism anaerobic energy metabolism ⓘ
mitochondrialType mitosomes in many members ⓘ
notableMember Giardia intestinalis ⓘ
linked to: Giardia

Giardia lamblia ⓘ
Spironucleus vortens ⓘ
parentTaxon Excavata ⓘ
reproduction asexual reproduction ⓘ
researchUse models for anaerobic eukaryotic metabolism ⓘ
models for studying early eukaryotic evolution ⓘ
taxonRank clade ⓘ
typicalHabitat anaerobic or low-oxygen environments ⓘ
animal intestines ⓘ
vertebrate gastrointestinal tract ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Excavata → includesTaxon → Fornicata group ⓘ