English > class Mastigophora: 1 sense > noun 1, animalMeaning | protozoa having flagella. |
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Synonyms | Mastigophora, Flagellata, class Flagellata |
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Member of | Protozoa, phylum Protozoa | In some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom |
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Members | Dinoflagellata, order Dinoflagellata, Cilioflagellata, order Cilioflagellata | In some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista |
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Phytomastigina, subclass Phytomastigina | plantlike flagellates containing chlorophyll |
Zoomastigina, subclass Zoomastigina | In some classifications considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista |
flagellate, flagellate protozoan, flagellated protozoan, mastigophoran, mastigophore | A usually nonphotosynthetic free-living protozoan with whiplike appendages |
Broader | class | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders |
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Spanish | flagelados |
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