| Hypermastigia | |
|---|---|
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| Hypermastigid | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Phylum: | Metamonada |
| Subphylum: | Trichozoa |
| Clade: | Parabasalia |
| Groups included | |
| Cladistically included but traditionally excluded taxa | |
Hypermastigia (hypermastigids) within microbiology, is the name used for a group of flagellate endosymbionts which were placed under the Excavata class. They are now treated as belonging to one of the groups Tritrichomonadea, Hypotrichomonadea, or Trichomonadea within the Parabasalia. [1]
