Obazoa | |
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A Clockwise, from top left: Abeoforma whisleri (Ichthyosporea); Amanita muscaria (Fungi); Desmarella moniliformis (Choanoflagellatea); Bonnet Macaque (Animalia); Nuclearia thermophila (Nucleariida); Amoeba proteus (Amoebozoa) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Amorphea |
Clade: | Obazoa Brown et al., 2013 [1] |
Clades | |
sister: Amoebozoa |
Obazoa is a proposed sister clade of Amoebozoa (which together form Amorphea). The term Obazoa is based on the OBA acronym for Opisthokonta, Breviatea, and Apusomonadidae, the group's three constituent clades. [1]
Determining the placement of Breviatea and Apusomonadida and their properties is of interest for the development of the opisthokonts in which the main lineages of animals and fungi emerged. [1] The relationships among opisthokonts, breviates and apusomonads are not conclusively resolved (as of 2018), though Breviatea is usually inferred to be the most basal of the three lineages. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
The phylogeny of the Obazoa is shown in the cladogram. [6] [7] [8] [9]
Eukaryotes |
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2200 mya |