Definition of Choanoflagellates. Meaning of Choanoflagellates. Synonyms of Choanoflagellates

- Choanoflagellates are collared flagellates, having a funnel shaped collar of interconnected microvilli at the base of a flagellum. Choanoflagellates are...
- of the choanoflagellates (Choanoflagellatea) and the animals (Animalia, Metazoa). The sister-group relationship between the choanoflagellates and animals...
- Choanoflagellates. Molecular phylogenies indicate that choanoflagellates and metazoans are sister groups. One can see some modern choanoflagellates living...
- ago (Mya). The choanoflagellates, animals and filastereans group together as the clade Filozoa. Within Filozoa, the choanoflagellates and animals group...
- Understanding choanoflagellates and their relation to sponges is important when positing theories on the origins of multicellularity Choanoflagellates, also called...
- flagellated eukaryote. Their closest known living relatives are the choanoflagellates, collared flagellates whose cell morphology is similar to the choanocyte...
- tissues. This is what plant and animal embryos do as well as colonial choanoflagellates. Because the first multicellular organisms were simple, soft organisms...
- then leaves through a hole called the osculum. The single-celled choanoflagellates resemble the choanocyte cells of sponges which are used to drive their...
- Cladospongia is a genus of choanoflagellate. The type species (C. elegans) is found in India (Madras). Cladospongia, a new member of the Craspedomonadaceae...
- derived from a common ancestor. Animals are the sister group to the choanoflagellates, with which they form the Choanozoa. The dates on the phylogenetic...