Myzozoa

Not to be confused with Myxozoa.

Myzozoa
Myzozoa membrane structure
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Myzozoa
Cavalier-Smith & Chao
Phyla

Myzozoa[1] is a grouping of specific phyla within Alveolata,[2][3] that either feed through myzocytosis, or were ancestrally capable of feeding through myzocytosis.[1]

Many protist orders are included within Myzozoa.[1][4]

It is sometimes described as a phylum, containing the major subphyla Dinozoa and Apicomplexa, plus minor subphyla.[5]

The term Myzozoa superseded the previous term "Miozoa", by the same authority, and gave a slightly altered meaning.[6]

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  2. ^ Leander BS, Hoppenrath M (February 2008). "Ultrastructure of a novel tube-forming, intracellular parasite of dinoflagellates: Parvilucifera prorocentri sp. nov. (Alveolata, Myzozoa)". Eur. J. Protistol. 44 (1): 55–70. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2007.08.004. PMID 17936600.
  3. ^ "Alveolates". Retrieved 2009-06-14.
  4. ^ Valster RM, Wullings BA, Bakker G, Smidt H, van der Kooij D (May 2009). "Free-living protozoa in two unchlorinated drinking water supplies identified by phylogenic analysis of 18S rRNA gene sequences". Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 75 (14): 4736–46. doi:10.1128/AEM.02629-08. PMC 2708415. PMID 19465529.
  5. ^ Cavalier-Smith T (June 2004). "Only six kingdoms of life". Proc. Biol. Sci. 271 (1545): 1251–62. doi:10.1098/rspb.2004.2705. PMC 1691724. PMID 15306349.
  6. ^ Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE (September 2004). "Protalveolate phylogeny and systematics and the origins of Sporozoa and dinoflagellates (phylum Myzozoa nom. nov.)". Eur J Protistol. 40 (3): 185–212. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2004.01.002.