Opisthokont | |
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Clockwise, frae top left: Abeoforma whisleri (Ichthyosporea); Amanita muscaria (Fungi); Desmarella moniliformis (Choanoflagellatea); Bonnet Macaque (Metazoa); Nuclearia thermophila (Nucleariida); Ministeria vibrans (Filozoa) | |
Scientific classification | |
(unranked): | Unikonta |
(unranked): | Obazoa |
(unranked): | Opisthokonta Copeland 1956,[2] emend. Cavalier-Smith 1987,[3] emend. Adl et al., 2005[4] |
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The opisthokonts (Greek: ὀπίσθιος (opísthios) = "rear, posterior" + κοντός (kontós) = "pole" i.e. "flagellum") are a broad group o eukaryotes, includin baith the ainimal an fungus kingdoms,[5] thegither wi the eukaryotic microorganisms that are whiles grouped in the paraphyletic phylum Choanozoa (conventionally assigned tae the protist 'kinrick').[6]