Varisulca

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Varisulca
"Ancyromonas" sp.
Ancyromonas sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Opimoda
Clade: Podiata
(unranked): Varisulca
Cavalier-Smith, 2002
Classes
  • Hilomonadea
  • Diphyllatea
  • Glissodiscea

Varisulca was a proposed

mantamonadids. Recent evidence suggests that the latter three are closely related to each other, forming a clade called CRuMs, but that this is unlikely to be specifically related to ancyromonads [2]

The validity of this proposed taxonomy has yet to ruled upon by the Society of Protistologists. It is unlikely to be widely accepted, since Varisulca appears to be paraphyletic or polyphyletic (ancyromonads are not inferred to be the sister group to CRuMs). Glissodiscea and Multirhiza (a taxon encompassing Diphyllatea and Glissodiscea) also appear paraphyletic or polyphyletic, since Mantamonas belongs to CRuMs but ancyromonads do not.

Varisulca appear to be paraphyletic stem

Unikonta/Amorphea and becomes equivalent to (stem) Podiata and Sarcomastigota.[citation needed
]

Eukaryotes
Scotokaryotes/

Metamonada

Malawimonas

Podiata

Varisulca

Amorphea/

Amoebozoa

Obazoa

Breviata

Apusomonadida

Opisthokonta

Unikont
Neozoa

Corticata/Diphoda/Diaphoretickes/Bikont

Apusomonadida in the Apusozoa in some findings.[7][8]

Taxonomy

[Warning: Varisulca, Multirhiza and Glissodiscea lack molecular phylogenetic support and are strongly non-monophyletic in recent studies]

Subphylum Varisulca Cavalier-Smith 2012

  • Superclass Hilomonadia Cavalier-Smith 2012
    • Class
      Hilomonadea
      Cavalier-Smith 2008 em. 2012
      • Order Rigifilida Cavalier-Smith & Yabuki 2012
        • Family
          Rigifilidae
          Cavalier-Smith & Yabuki 2012
          • Genus Rigifila Cavalier-Smith & Yabuki 2012
        • Family
          Micronucleariidae
          Cavalier-Smith 2008
  • Superclass Multirhiza Cavalier-Smith 2012
    • Class
      Diphyllatea
      Cavalier-Smith 2003 [Anisomonadea]
      • Order
        Diphylleida
        Cavalier-Smith 1993 [Collodictyonida]
        • Family
          Sulcomonadidae
          Cavalier-Smith 2012
        • Family
          Diphylleidae
          Cavalier-Smith, 1993 [Collodictyonidae Brugerolle et al. 2002]
          • Genus
            Diphylleia
            Massart 1920 non Michaux 1803
          • Genus Collodictyon Carter 1865
    • Class
      Glissodiscea
      Cavalier-Smith 2012

References