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Taxonomy
The Subkingdom Biciliata is a member of the Kingdom Protozoa. Here is the complete "parentage" of Biciliata:
The Subkingdom Biciliata is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Branch (1): Protostomia
- Infrakingdom (3): Alveolata · Excavata · Rhizaria
- Superphylum (1): Panarthropoda
- Phylum (11): Apusozoa · Cercozoa · Ciliophora · Euglenozoa · Foraminifera · Heliozoa · Loukozoa · Metamonada · Myzozoa · Percolozoa · Radiozoa
Phyla
Apusozoa
Cercozoa
Ciliophora
Euglenozoa
The Euglenozoa are a large group of protozoa. They include a variety of common free-living species, as well as a few important parasites, some of which infect humans. There are two main subgroups, the euglenids and kinetoplastids. Euglenozoa are unicellular, mostly around 15-40 µm in size, although some euglenids get up to 500 µm long. [more]
Foraminifera
The Foraminifera, ("Hole Bearers") or forams for short, are a large group of protists with reticulating pseudopods, fine strands of cytoplasm that branch and merge to form a dynamic net. They typically produce a test, or shell, which can have either one or multiple chambers, some becoming quite elaborate in structure. These shells are made of calcium carbonate (CaCO3) or agglutinated sediment particles. About 275,000 species are recognized, both living and fossil.[citation needed] They are usually less than 1 mm in size, but some are much larger, and the largest recorded specimen reached 19 cm.[citation needed] [more]
Heliozoa
Loukozoa
Metamonada
Myzozoa
Percolozoa
Radiozoa
At least 27 species and subspecies belong to the Phylum Radiozoa.
More info about the Phylum Radiozoa may be found here.
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