Euglyphia (protist)

Euglyphia
Euglypha
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Rhizaria
Phylum:	Cercozoa
Class:	Imbricatea
Subclass:	Placonuda
Superorder:	Euglyphia Cavalier-Smith, 2018 [1]
Orders
Euglyphida Zoelucasida

Euglyphia is a group of imbricate protists in the phylum Cercozoa. They are unicellular eukaryotes characterized by a cell body covered in large imbricate scales, and an apical aperture through which they extend either filose pseudopodia or two cilia of different sizes that are not used for gliding. ^[1]

Classification

Euglyphia is composed of 2 orders and 7 families, with a total of 14 different genera. ^[1]

• Order Euglyphida Copeland, 1956 emend. Cavalier-Smith, 1987
  • Family Euglyphidae Wallich, 1864 – Euglypha
  • Family Trinematidae Hoogenraad & De Groot, 1940 – Corythion, Trinema
  • Family Sphenoderiidae Chatelain et al., 2013 – Sphenoderia, Trachelocorythion
  • Family Assulinidae Lara et al., 2006 – Assulina, Placocista
  • Family Cyphoderiidae De Saedeleer, 1934 – Cyphoderia, Corothionella, Pseudocorythion
  • Family Paulinellidae De Saedeleer, 1934 – Paulinella, Ovulinata, Micropyxidiella
• Order Zoelucasida Cavalier-Smith, 2014 ^[2]
  • Family Zoelucasidae Cavalier-Smith, 2014 – Zoelucasa

References

1. Cavalier-Smith, Thomas; Chao, Ema E.; Lewis, Rhodri (April 2018). "Multigene phylogeny and cell evolution of chromist infrakingdom Rhizaria: contrasting cell organisation of sister phyla Cercozoa and Retaria". Protoplasma. 255 (5): 1517–1574. doi:10.1007/s00709-018-1241-1. PMC   6133090 . PMID   29666938.
2. Scoble JM, Cavalier-Smith T (2014). "Scale evolution, sequence phylogeny, and taxonomy of thaumatomonad Cercozoa: 11 new species and new genera Scutellomonas, Cowlomonas, Thaumatospina and Ovaloplaca". Eur J Protistol. 50 (3): 270–313. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2013.12.005. PMID   24667165.