Bigyra
Bigyra (from Latin bi- 'twice' and gyrus 'circle') is a phylum of microscopic eukaryotes that are found at the base of the Stramenopiles clade. It includes three well-known heterotrophic groups Bicosoecida, Opalinata and Labyrinthulomycetes, as well as several small classes initially discovered through environmental DNA samples: Nanomonadea, Placididea, Opalomonadea and Eogyrea. The classification of Bigyra has changed several times since its origin, and its monophyly remains unresolved.
5 branches of this phylum, most-observed first
Opalozoa
subphylumOpalozoa
Labyrinthulea
classLabyrinthulea
Bikosea
classBikosea
Blastocystea
classBlastocystea
Eogyrea
classEogyrea
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 792746.