Superphylum
A superphylum is an unofficial grade in taxonomy, above the phylum and below the subregnum, used to describe a group of phyla which probably evolved from a common ancestor.[1]
It is used especially in the animal kingdom. Examples:
- Ecdysozoa
- Lophotrochozoa
- Radiata
- Deuterostomia
- Bilateria
- Planctomycetes-Verrucomicrobia-Chlamydiae (PVC)[2]
Notes
- ↑ Introduction to Conservation Genetics, p. 371; Richard Frankham, David A. Briscoe, Jonathan D. Ballou, Cambridge University Press, 2002
- ↑
Superphylum Media
Amoeba proteus, visible are the contractile vacuole (circular) and the nucleus (somewhat dumbbell-shaped)
- Toxoplasmagondii
Scanning electron microscopic image of Podomonas kaiyoae grown under axenic conditions. AF, anterior flagellum; PF, posterior flagellum; T, tusk. Brackets indicate the acronemes. Arrows and arrowheads indicate the pseudopodium. Scale bar = 5 μm.
Aplanochytrium, Ectoplasmic network forming basket structure surrounding vegetative cells. This characteristic is unique to members of the genus Aplanochytrium.
Euglypha sp. / from Sanbongi-bog, from Yamagata, Yamagata Pref., Japan / SEM:JEOL JSM-6330F
Vitrella brassicaformis LM Michalek 2020
Desmarella moniliformis (DIC image)
Ciliate: Paramecium bursaria Her. It has a mutualistic endosymbiotic relationship with green algae called Zoochlorella. The algae are clearly visible in ciliate cytoplasm. Light microscopy, differential interference contrast (DIC)
Rhodomonas salina CCMP 322
CSIRO ScienceImage 6736 dinoflagellate
Planctomycetes-Verrucomicrobia-Chlamydiae Superphylum: Exceptions to the bacterial definition?. Retrieved 9 July 2016.
