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Biciliata

(Subkingdom)

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Taxonomy

The Subkingdom Biciliata is a member of the Kingdom Protozoa. Here is the complete "parentage" of Biciliata:

  • Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes

The Subkingdom Biciliata is further organized into finer groupings including:

Phyla

Apusozoa

At least 3 species and subspecies belong to the Phylum Apusozoa.

More info about the Phylum Apusozoa may be found here.

Cercozoa

At least 33 species and subspecies belong to the Phylum Cercozoa.

More info about the Phylum Cercozoa may be found here.

Ciliophora

At least 957 species and subspecies belong to the Phylum Ciliophora.

More info about the Phylum Ciliophora may be found here.

Euglenozoa

The Euglenozoa are a large group of flagellate 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]

At least 1,952 species and subspecies belong to the Phylum Euglenozoa.

More info about the Phylum Euglenozoa may be found here.

Foraminifera

The Foraminifera, ("Hole Bearers") or forams for short, are a large group of amoeboid 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. 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]

At least 4,703 species and subspecies belong to the Phylum Foraminifera.

More info about the Phylum Foraminifera may be found here.

Heliozoa

At least 21 species and subspecies belong to the Phylum Heliozoa.

More info about the Phylum Heliozoa may be found here.

Loukozoa

More info about the Phylum Loukozoa may be found here.

Myzozoa

At least 1,101 species and subspecies belong to the Phylum Myzozoa.

More info about the Phylum Myzozoa may be found here.

Radiozoa

More info about the Phylum Radiozoa may be found here.

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Last Revised: May 27, 2008