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Myzozoa

Myzozoa

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Myzozoa

  1. Certain of the Chromista, formerly considered protists, that feed by myzocytosis, sucking nutrients from within the cell walls of their prey, and their close relatives.
    1. A taxonomic phylum within the infrakingdom Alveolata.
    2. A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Miozoa.[1]

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  1. 1 2 3 Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521