Heterokonta

Translingual

Etymology

hetero- +‎ and Ancient Greek κοντός (kontós, “pole”), construed as flagella

Proper noun

Heterokonta

1. A taxonomic superphylum within the kingdom Chromista. [1981]

Synonyms

• (superphylum): Stramenopiles – supergroup

Hypernyms

• (superphylum): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Chromista – kingdom; Harosa – subkingdom; Halvaria – infrakingdom

Hyponyms

• (superphylum (2015)): Bigyra, Ochrophyta, Pseudofungi – phyla
• (superphylum (2018)): Gyrista, Bigyromonada, Pseudofungi – subphyla

See also

• Heterokontophyta

References

• Heterokonta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Heterokonta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Heterokonta on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Stramenopiles at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• 2018, Thomas Cavalier-Smith, "Kingdom Chromista and its eight phyla", Protoplasma, 255:297-357, DOI 10.1007/s00709-017-1147-3