Pluriformea Explained

Pluriformea is a proposed sibling clade of the Filozoa, and consists of Syssomonas multiformis and the Corallochytrea. Together with the Ichthyosporea they form the Holozoa.

An up to date cladogram is^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

The alternative hypothesis is the Teretosporea clade.

Notes and References

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4. Tikhonenkov. Denis V.. Mikhailov. Kirill V.. Hehenberger. Elisabeth. Karpov. Sergei A.. Prokina. Kristina I.. Esaulov. Anton S.. Belyakova. Olga I.. Mazei. Yuri A.. Mylnikov. Alexander P.. Aleoshin. Vladimir V.. Keeling. Patrick J.. 2020-11-06. New Lineage of Microbial Predators Adds Complexity to Reconstructing the Evolutionary Origin of Animals. Current Biology. 30. 22. 4500–4509.e5. 10.1016/j.cub.2020.08.061. 0960-9822. free.