Diaphoretickes
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes Adl et al., 2012 |
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Diaphoretickes (/ˌdaɪ.əfəˈrɛtɪkiːz/ DY-ə-fə-RET-i-keez) 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:
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In 2024, Hemimastigophora and Provora were placed as sister to Diaphoretickes, together with Meteora.[5]
Taxonomic history
Diaphoretickes was identified by Burki et al. (2008) as the "plants+HC+SAR megagroup".