For an explanation of very similar terms, see Holozoa.
Filozoans
Temporal range: 665–0 Ma
Pha.
Proterozoic
Archean
Had.
Orange elephant ear sponge, Agelas clathrodes, in foreground. Two corals in the background: a sea fan, Iciligorgia schrammi, and a sea rod, Plexaurella nutans.
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Clade:
Amorphea
Clade:
Obazoa
(unranked):
Opisthokonta
(unranked):
Holozoa
(unranked):
Filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi et al., 2008
Subgroups
Filasterea
Choanozoa
Choanoflagellatea
Animalia
The Filozoa are a monophyletic grouping within the Opisthokonta. They include animals and their nearest unicellular relatives (those organisms which are more closely related to animals than to fungi or Mesomycetozoa).[1]
Three groups are currently assigned to the clade Filozoa:
Group Filasterea - recently erected to house the genera Ministeria and Capsaspora
Group Choanoflagellatea - collared flagellates
Kingdom Animalia - the animals proper
^Shalchian-Tabrizi K.; Minge M.A.; Espelund M.; et al. (7 May 2008). Aramayo, Rodolfo (ed.). "Multigene phylogeny of choanozoa and the origin of animals". PLOS ONE. 3 (5): e2098. Bibcode:2008PLoSO...3.2098S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002098. PMC 2346548. PMID 18461162.
The Filozoa are a monophyletic grouping within the Opisthokonta. They include animals and their nearest unicellular relatives (those organisms which are...
choanoflagellates, animals and filastereans group together as the clade Filozoa. Within Filozoa, the choanoflagellates and animals group together as the clade...
animals (Metazoa) developed in the common ancestor of the Pluriformea and Filozoa, after the Ichthyosporea diverged. The importance of the extracellular...
Holozoa (Animal-like) Corallochytrium (formerly considered a Heterokont) Filozoa Animalia (including myxozoa) Choanoflagellata (flagellates formerly included...
Pluriformea is a proposed sibling clade of the Filozoa, and consists of Syssomonas multiformis and the Corallochytrea. Together with the Ichthyosporea...
have been obtained from analyses: as sister to Filasterea, as sister to Filozoa or as the sister group to all Holozoa. The characteristics of the Rel homology...
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