Excavata

See also: excavata

Translingual

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Excavata

1. Certain unicellular eukaryotes, excavates, that lack typical mitochondria:
   1. A taxonomic clade within the supergroup Bikonta.
   2. A taxonomic infrakingdom within the subkingdom Eozoa.

Hypernyms

• (clade): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Bikonta - supergroup
• (infrakingdom): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Protozoa - kingdom; Eozoa - subkingdom

Hyponyms

• (clade): Eozoa, Discicristata - superphyla
• (infrakingdom): Loukozoa, Metamonada, Percolozoa - phyla

References

• Excavata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Excavata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Excavata at World Register of Marine Species
• Excavata at Paleobiology Database