Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987
PaleoDB taxon number: 212579
Parent taxon: Eukaryota according to S. M. Adl et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Acritarcha, Allonema, Archaeplastida, Chlorobiota, Chromalveolata, Chromista, Conglobocella, Dinophyta, Euglenophyta, Palaeosiphonella, Plantae, Protista, Protozoa, Prymnesiophyta, Rhizaria, Rhizopodea, Stramenopila
Subtaxa: Animalia, Choanomonada, Choanozoa, Fungi, Mesomycetozoa, Microsporidia