Filozoa

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Filozoa is a major clade within Opisthokonta that includes animals and their closest unicellular relatives, such as choanoflagellates and filastereans.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Filozoa canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (34)

Predicate Object
instanceOf clade ⓘ
characteristic cells typically possess a single posterior flagellum at some life stage ⓘ
includes both unicellular and multicellular organisms ⓘ
containsLineages colonial unicellular organisms ⓘ
free-living unicellular flagellates ⓘ
multicellular animals ⓘ
definedBy molecular phylogenetic analyses ⓘ
domain Eukaryota ⓘ
linked to: Eukarya
hasAlternativeName Holozoa (in some classifications) ⓘ
linked to: Holozoa
hasClosestMulticellularGroup Metazoa ⓘ
hasMember animals ⓘ
unicellular opisthokonts closely related to animals ⓘ
hasMonophylyStatus generally considered monophyletic ⓘ
hasPhylogeneticPosition sister group to fungi within Opisthokonta ⓘ
includesTaxon Animalia ⓘ
Capsaspora owczarzaki ⓘ
Choanoflagellata ⓘ
Corallochytrea ⓘ
Filasterea ⓘ
Holozoa ⓘ
Ichthyosporea ⓘ
Metazoa ⓘ
Ministeria vibrans ⓘ
choanoflagellates ⓘ
filastereans ⓘ
isPartOf Opisthokonta ⓘ
kingdomContained Animalia ⓘ
parentTaxon Opisthokonta ⓘ
relevance key for understanding the origin of animals ⓘ
used as a framework for comparative genomics of animal origins ⓘ
studiedInField evolutionary biology ⓘ
phylogenetics ⓘ
supergroup Opisthokonta ⓘ
taxonRank clade ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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

Opisthokonta → containsClade → Filozoa ⓘ