Amorphea

E737422

Amorphea is a major eukaryotic supergroup that includes animals, fungi, and several related unicellular lineages.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Amorphea canonical 1
Amorphea (Cavalier-Smith, 2012) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf eukaryotic supergroup
taxonomic clade
alternativeName Amorphea (Cavalier-Smith, 2012)
linked to: Amorphea

unikonts sensu lato
containsMajorLineage Amoebozoa
Obazoa
Opisthokonta
distinguishedFrom Diaphoretickes
Excavata
SAR supergroup
linked to: Discoba clade
hasCharacteristic absence of plastids in most lineages
amoeboid cell forms common
cells with mitochondria
cells with tubular cristae in mitochondria
posterior flagellum in ancestral state
includes Amoebozoa
Ancyromonadida
Ancyromonas sigmoides
Apusomonadida
Archamoebae
linked to: Amoebozoa

Breviata anathema
Breviatea
Cutosea
Dictyostelia
linked to: Amoebozoa

Discosea
Fungi
Metazoa
Opisthokonta
Thecamonas trahens
Tubulinea
animals
apusomonads
choanoflagellates
filastereans
fungi
lobose amoebae
nucleariids
slime molds
includesMacroscopicOrganisms true
includesMicroscopicOrganisms true
includesMulticellularLineages true
includesUnicellularLineages true
isPartOf Eukaryota
linked to: Eukarya
kingdomDomain Eukaryota
linked to: Eukarya
phylogeneticPosition basal divergence within Eukaryota
proposedBy Thomas Cavalier-Smith
taxonomicRank supergroup
yearProposed 2012

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Opisthokonta partOf Amorphea
Amorphea alternativeName Amorphea (Cavalier-Smith, 2012)
linked to: Amorphea