Myzozoa

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Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μυζάω (muzáō, “suck”) +‎ -zoa, after myzocytosis.

Proper noun

Myzozoa

  1. Certain of the Chromista, formerly considered protists, that feed by myzocytosis, sucking nutrients from within the cell walls of their prey, and their close relatives.
    1. A taxonomic phylum within the infrakingdom Alveolata.
    2. A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Miozoa.

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI
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