Class of single-celled organisms
Imbricatea |
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Euglypha sp. |
Scientific classification |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Phylum: | Cercozoa |
Superclass: | Ventrifilosa |
Class: | Imbricatea Cavalier-Smith, 2003 |
Orders |
- Perlofilida
- Spongomonadida
- Rotosphaerida
- Thaumatomonadida
- Discocelida
- Discomonadida
- Zoelucasida
- Variglissida
- Marimonadida
- Euglyphida
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Synonyms |
- Silicofilosea Adl et al. 2005 emend. Adl et al. 2012
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Imbricatea is a class of Rhizaria characterised by silica scales. It is sometimes described as "Imbricatea/Silicofilosea", due to the similarity of those two groupings.[1] Imbricatea is divided into the orders Euglyphida and Thaumatomonadida.[2][3]
Phylogeny
Phylogeny based on Cavalier-Smith & Chao 2012[4]
Silicofilosea | Placoperla | Perlatia | | Perlofilida Cavalier-Smith 2012 | | | Spongomonadida Hibberd 1983 emend. Karpov 1990 | | | | Placofila | | Rotosphaerida Rainer 1968 | | | Thaumatomonadida Shirkina 1987 | | | | | | Placonuda | | Discocelida Cavalier-Smith 1997 | | | | Discomonadida Cavalier-Smith 2014 | | | Euglyphia | Euglyphida Copeland 1956 emend. Cavalier-Smith 1997 | | Nudisarca | | Variglissida Cavalier-Smith 2014 | | | Marimonadida Cavalier-Smith & Bass 2011 | | | | | | | | | | |
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References
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