Diaphoretickes

Diaphoretickes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Diaphoretickes Adl et al.
Unranked groups
Archaeplastida SAR supergroup
Synonyms
Corticata

Diaphoretickes (/ˌdaɪ.əfəˈrɛtɪkiːz/ DY-ə-fə-REH-tik-eez) is a major group of eukaryotic organisms, with over 400,000 species. The majority of the earth's biomass that carries out photosynthesis belongs to Diaphoretickes.^[1]

Phylogeny

In 2012 Diaphoretickes received the following phylogenetic definition:

The most inclusive clade containing

Homo sapiens Linnaeus 1758 (Opisthokonta), Dictyostelium discoideum Raper 1935 (Amoebozoa) or Euglena gracilis Klebs 1883 (Excavata). This is a branch-based definition in which all of the specifiers are extant.^[2]

The placement of Hemimastigophora is uncertain. Some studies find it nested within the clades of Diaphoretickes, as the best supported hypothesis[3] or a less-supported one.^[4] Others find it to be the sister group of all other Diaphoretickes,^[4] which under the branch-based definition falls within Diaphoretickes.^[2]

Diaphoretickes includes the following groups:

Diaphoretickes	Hemimastigophora Provora Haptista TSAR Telonemia SAR Rhizaria Halvaria Stramenopiles Alveolata CAM Cryptista Microheliella maris Archaeplastida plants and algae

Taxonomic history

Diaphoretickes was identified by Burki et al. (2008) as the "plants+HC+SAR megagroup".