Collodictyonidae

Collodictyonidae
Collodictyon triciliatum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Opimoda
Clade:	Podiata
Clade:	CRuMs
Class:	Diphyllatea Cavalier-Smith 2003
Order:	Diphylleida Cavalier-Smith 1993
Family:	Collodictyonidae Brugerolle et al. 2002
Genera
Collodictyon Diphylleia Sulcomonas
Synonyms
Diphylleidae Cavalier-Smith 1993 Anisomonadea Cavalier-Smith 1993 emend. 2000[1]

Collodictyonidae (also Diphylleidae) is a group of aquatic, unicellular eukaryotic organisms with two to four terminal flagella. They feed by phagocytosis, ingesting other unicellular organisms like algae and bacteria. The most remarkable fact of this clade is its uncertain position in the tree of life.

Recent molecular analyses place Collodictyonids (e.g.

• Class Diphyllatea Cavalier-Smith 2003 [Anisomonadea Cavalier-Smith 1993 emend. 2000;[1] Diphyllatia Cavalier-Smith 2003]
  • Order Diphylleida Cavalier-Smith 1993 [Collodictyonida]
    • Family
      Sulcomonadidae
      Cavalier-Smith 2012
      • Genus Sulcomonas Brugerolle 2006
        • Species S. lacustris Brugerolle 2006
    • Family
      Diphylleidae
      Cavalier-Smith 1993 [Collodictyonidae Brugerolle et al. 2002]
      • Genus
        Diphylleia
        Massart 1920 non Michaux 1803 [Aulacomonas Skuja 1939]
        • Species D. rotans Massart 1920 [Aulacomonas submarina Skuja 1939]
      • Genus Collodictyon Carter 1865
        • Species C. hongkongense Skvortzov 1968
        • Species C. indicum Iyengar 1981
        • Species C. oxycareni Franchini 1922
        • Species C. sparsevacuolatum Skuja 1956
        • Species C. triciliatum Carter 1865

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