Unikont

Unikonta
Orange elephant ear sponge, Agelas clathrodes, in foreground. Two corals in the background: a sea fan, Iciligorgia schrammi, and a sea rod, Plexaurella nutans.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	Unikonta Cavalier-Smith, 2002
Subgroups
Obazoa Breviata Apusomonadida Opisthokonts Amoebozoa
Synonyms
Amorphea Adl et al., 2012 Opimoda Derelle et al., 2015

Unikonts are one of the five superkingdoms in the classification of eukaryotes. They are part of the taxonomy system of Thomas Cavalier-Smith.^[1][2]

The term is no longer used. It is replaced by the term Amorphea.^[3]

1. ↑ Cavalier-Smith T (2002). "The phagotrophic origin of eukaryotes and phylogenetic classification of Protozoa". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 52 (Pt 2): 297–354. doi:10.1099/00207713-52-2-297. PMID 11931142. Archived from the original on 2017-07-29. Retrieved 2014-07-04.
2. ↑ Cavalier-Smith, Thomas (2003). "Protist phylogeny and the high-level classification of Protozoa". European Journal of Protistology. 39 (4): 338–348. doi:10.1078/0932-4739-00002.
3. ↑ Roger AJ, Simpson AG 2009. Evolution: revisiting the root of the eukaryote tree. Current Biology. 19 (4): R165–R167. PMID 19243692 [1]