Sarcomastigophora
| Sarcomastigophora | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (obsolete) | |
| Kingdom: | Protista |
| Phylum: | Sarcomastigophora |
| Subphyla | |
The phylum sarcomastigophora belongs to the Protista or kingdom and it includes many unicellular or colonial, autotrophic, or heterotrophic organisms.
It is divided into three subphyla: the Mastigophora, the Sarcodina and the Opalinata.
It is polyphyletic, and it is not a universally recognized classification. It places great significance upon method of locomotion in generating the taxonomy.
It can be described either as:
or in older classifications as
It gets its name from the combination of "Sarcodina" (which is an older term used for amoeboids) and "Mastigophora" (which is an older term for flagellates).
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