stramenopile

English

Etymology

Coined in 1989 by David J. Patterson, Latin stramen (“straw”) + pilus (“hair”), referring to an anterior flagellum with short hairlike extensions that forms during the life cycle of most members of the lineage.

Noun

stramenopile (plural stramenopiles)

1. A heterokont of the clade (sometimes a superphylum) Stramenopiles.

Related terms

• stramenopilic

References

• stramenopile on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Stramenopiles on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Stramenopiles on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Stramenopiles at the Tree of Life Web Project