choanoflagellate

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χοάνη (khoánē, “funnel”) + flagellate.

Noun

choanoflagellate (plural choanoflagellates)

(biology) Any of a group of flagellate protozoa, of the class Choanoflagellatea, thought to be the closest unicellular ancestors of animals.
- 2017, Douglas Fox, ‘Aliens in our midst’, Aeon, 1 August:
  Detailed studies showed that the sponge and the cells of a protist called a choanoflagellate used a different set of genes and proteins to build similar-looking structures.

Synonyms

craspedophyte

Translations

any of a group of flagellate protozoa

Chinese:
Mandarin: 領鞭毛蟲, 领鞭毛虫 (lǐngbiānmáochóng)
Finnish: kaulussiimaeliö

Portuguese: coanoflagelado m
Spanish: coanoflagelado m

Further reading

choanoflagellate on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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