Obazoa
Group of single-celled organisms
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Obazoa is a sister clade of Amoebozoa (which together form Amorphea). The term Obazoa is based on the OBA acronym for Opisthokonta, Breviatea, and Apusomonadidae, the group's three constituent clades.[1]
| Obazoa | |
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| A Clockwise, from top left: Abeoforma whisleri (Ichthyosporea); Amanita muscaria (Fungi); Desmarella moniliformis (Choanoflagellatea); Bonnet Macaque (Animalia); Nuclearia thermophila (Nucleariida); Amoeba proteus (Amoebozoa) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Podiata |
| Clade: | Amorphea |
| Clade: | Obazoa Brown et al., 2013[1] |
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sister: Amoebozoa | |
Determining the placement of Breviatea and Apusomonadida and their properties is of interest for the development of the opisthokonts in which the main lineages of animals and fungi emerged.[1] The relationships among opisthokonts, breviates and apusomonads are not conclusively resolved (as of 2018), though Breviatea is usually inferred to be the most basal of the three lineages.[2][3][4][5][6]
The phylogeny of the Obazoa is shown in the cladogram.[6][7][8][9]
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| 2200 mya |
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