Rhizaria

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ῥίζα (rhíza, “root”) + -aria.

Proper noun

Rhizaria

1. Typically amoeboids with filose, reticulose, or microtubule-supported pseudopods, of which many produce shells or skeletons, which may be quite complex in structure, and these make up the vast majority of protozoan fossils and nearly all of which have mitochondria with tubular cristae.
   1. A taxonomic infrakingdom within the subkingdom Biciliata.
   2. A taxonomic infrakingdom within the subkingdom Harosa.

Hypernyms

• (infrakingdom in Harosa): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Chromista - kingdom; Harosa - subkingdom

Hyponyms

• (infrakingdom): Cercozoa, Retaria - phyla
  • Endomyxa, Monadofilosa, Reticulofilosa; Foraminifera, Radiozoa - subphyla

References

• Rhizaria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Rhizaria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Rhizaria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Rhizaria at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Rhizaria at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Rhizaria at World Register of Marine Species
• 2018, Thomas Cavalier-Smith, "Kingdom Chromista and its eight phyla", Protoplasma, 255:297-357, DOI 10.1007/s00709-017-1147-3