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Characteristics. References. External links. Amorphea [1] is a taxonomic supergroup that includes the basal Amoebozoa and Obazoa. That latter contains the Opisthokonta, which includes the Fungi, Animals and the Choanomonada, or Choanoflagellates.
Amoebozoa. Synonyms. Unikonta nom. nud. Opimoda Derelle et al., 2015. Close. Amorphea is a taxonomic supergroup that includes the basal Amoebozoa and Obazoa. That latter contains the Opisthokonta, which includes the Fungi, Animals and the Choanomonada, or Choanoflagellates.
Amorphea. Amorphea [1] are part of a taxonomic large group that contains protists, like Amoebozoa and Obazoa. The ISP, or the International Society of Protistologists (people who study protists) suggested in 2012 that the back term for this large group, Unikont, be changed to Amorphea since the name "Unikont" is a synapomorphy that was shown wrong.
We have formalized this clade as a new taxon, Amorphea, with a node-based phylogenetic definition: Amorphea: the least inclusive clade containing Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758, Neurospora crassa Shear & Dodge 1927 (both Opisthokonta), and Dictyostelium discoideum Raper 1935 (Amoebozoa).
Thank you! Amorphea [1] are part of a taxonomic large group that contains protists, like Amoebozoa and Obazoa. The ISP, or the International Society of Protistologists suggested in 2012 that the back term for this large group, Unikont, be changed to Amorphea since the name "Unikont" is a synapomorphy that was shown wrong.
