filasterea

English

Etymology

From the genus name, translingual Filasterea.

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Noun

filasterea pl (plural only)

1. filastereans
   • 2015 August 7, “The Evolution of the Secreted Regulatory Protein Progranulin”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Choanoflagellates and filasterea are considered the closest unicellular organisms to metazoan animals.