Mycetozoa

Mycetozoa
	Aethalium of a slime mold (Fuligo septica)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Amorphea
Phylum:	Amoebozoa
Subphylum:	Conosa
Infraphylum:	; de Bary, 1873
Classes and orders
	Protostelia; Protosteliida; Myxogastria; Liceida; Echinosteliida; Trichiida; Stemonitida; Physarales; Dictyostelia; Dictyosteliida;
Synonyms
	Eumycetozoa Zopf, 1884, emend. Olive, 1975; Myxomycota sensu Whittaker, 1969;

Mycetozoa is a polyphyletic grouping of slime molds.^[2] It was originally thought to be a monophyletic clade, but in 2010 it was discovered that protostelia are a polyphyletic group within Conosa.^[3]

^ Whittaker, R. H. (10 January 1969). "New Concepts of Kingdoms of Organisms". Science. 163 (3863): 150–160. Bibcode:1969Sci...163..150W. doi:10.1126/science.163.3863.150. PMID 5762760.
^ "Mycetozoa - Definition from Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary". Retrieved 2009-03-27.
^ Fiore-Donno, Anna Maria; Nikolaev, Sergey I.; Nelson, Michaela; Pawlowski, Jan; Cavalier-Smith, Thomas; Baldauf, Sandra L. (January 2010). "Deep Phylogeny and Evolution of Slime Moulds (Mycetozoa)". Protist. 161 (1): 55–70. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2009.05.002. PMID 19656720.

[1] Whittaker, R. H. (10 January 1969). "New Concepts of Kingdoms of Organisms". Science. 163 (3863): 150–160. Bibcode:1969Sci...163..150W. doi:10.1126/science.163.3863.150. PMID 5762760.

[urlMycetozoa_-_Definition_from_Merriam-Websters_Medical_Dictionary-2] "Mycetozoa - Definition from Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary". Retrieved 2009-03-27.

[Anna_Maria_Fiore-Donno_et_Al._2009-3] Fiore-Donno, Anna Maria; Nikolaev, Sergey I.; Nelson, Michaela; Pawlowski, Jan; Cavalier-Smith, Thomas; Baldauf, Sandra L. (January 2010). "Deep Phylogeny and Evolution of Slime Moulds (Mycetozoa)". Protist. 161 (1): 55–70. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2009.05.002. PMID 19656720.

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