A taxonomic category that ranks below kingdom and above phylum or division.
〔生〕亚界
Example sentencesExamples
These organisms were previously classified as a primitive subkingdom of the plant kingdom, the thallophytes: plants that lack true roots, stems, leaves, and flowers.
It is impossible to divide the first two subkingdoms according this principle and we can consider that there is only one type in each of them.
They are placed in their own subkingdom because they are so unlike any other animals.
Amoeboflagellates and mitochondrial cristae in eukaryote evolution: megasystematics of the new protozoan subkingdoms Eozoa and Neozoa.
After their discovery, the kingdom of Protista was then latter subdivided into subkingdoms.
Definition of subkingdom in US English:
subkingdom
nounˈsəbˌkiNGdəmˈsəbˌkɪŋdəm
Biology
A taxonomic category that ranks below kingdom and above phylum or division.
〔生〕亚界
Example sentencesExamples
After their discovery, the kingdom of Protista was then latter subdivided into subkingdoms.
These organisms were previously classified as a primitive subkingdom of the plant kingdom, the thallophytes: plants that lack true roots, stems, leaves, and flowers.
It is impossible to divide the first two subkingdoms according this principle and we can consider that there is only one type in each of them.
They are placed in their own subkingdom because they are so unlike any other animals.
Amoeboflagellates and mitochondrial cristae in eukaryote evolution: megasystematics of the new protozoan subkingdoms Eozoa and Neozoa.