The PEDIGREE of
Class Myxosporea (some marine parasites)

 
     (life-cycle involves 2 stages: spore parasite in (usu.) fish (often gall bladder), Actinosporean spore PARASITE in (usu.) annelid worm; it was once thought the latter stage was a separate life form)
 "Child(ren)":       Order Bivalvulida   ;   Multivalvulida
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/-- (NN), a very special Archaeote   +====> [ 45]
/-- pre-Eukaryote
/  \-- Pre-Mitochondrion Bacterium   +====> [ 51]
/-- proto-Eukaryote
/  \-- (NN), a thermophilic Bacterium   +====> [ 49]
/-- The First Eukaryote
| \ / OR: First Eukaryote [Lopez-Garcia - Moreira M.   +====> [ 51]
/  \-- (NN), a (thermophilic?) Bacterium   +====> [ 47]
/-- Domain of Eukaryotes  (2100 M BC)
/-- Superempire Unikonta
/   / OR: Kingdom Opisthokonta (Seven-Kingdom Model)   +====> [ 56]
/-- Empire of Opisthokonts (Fungi & Animals)
/   / OR: Opisthokonts (Animals) [Cavalier-Smith model]   +====> [ 67]
/-- Superkingdom Holozoa
/-- Kingdom of Apoikozoa (Animals)  (950 M BC)
/-- Subkingdom of Metazoa (Multicellular Animals)
/-- Superbranch Eumetazoa
/-- Superphylum Planulozoa
/   / or: prob. not Branch Radiata, q.v.
/-- Phylum Cnidaria (Coelenterates)
/-- Subphylum Medusozoa (Jellies & kin)
|  / or: Phylum Cnidaria
/   / or: prob. not Apicomplexa or: prob. not Bilateria
/-- Phylum (Superclass) Myxozoa
/  
- Class Myxosporea (some marine parasites)
 
 
  ``1-Great Grandchild:''       Genus Myxobolus (in Phylum Myxozoa)
 

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