Imbricatea

Imbricatea
Euglypha sp.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Rhizaria
Phylum:	Cercozoa
Superclass:	Ventrifilosa
Class:	Imbricatea Cavalier-Smith, 2003
Orders
Perlofilida Spongomonadida Rotosphaerida Thaumatomonadida Discocelida Discomonadida Zoelucasida Variglissida Marimonadida Euglyphida
Synonyms
Silicofilosea Adl et al. 2005 emend. Adl et al. 2012

Imbricatea is a class of Rhizaria characterised by silica scales. It is sometimes described as "Imbricatea/Silicofilosea", due to the similarity of those two groupings. ^[1] Imbricatea is divided into the orders Euglyphida and Thaumatomonadida. ^{[2] [3]}

Phylogeny

Phylogeny based on Cavalier-Smith & Chao 2012 ^[4]

Silicofilosea	Placoperla Perlatia Perlofilida Cavalier-Smith 2012 Spongomonadida Hibberd 1983 emend. Karpov 1990 Placofila Rotosphaerida Rainer 1968 Thaumatomonadida Shirkina 1987 Placonuda Discocelida Cavalier-Smith 1997 Discomonadida Cavalier-Smith 2014 Euglyphia Euglyphida Copeland 1956 emend. Cavalier-Smith 1997 Nudisarca Variglissida Cavalier-Smith 2014 Marimonadida Cavalier-Smith & Bass 2011

References

1. Claudia Wylezich; Alexander P. Mylnikov; Markus Weitere; Hartmut Arndt (2007). "Distribution and phylogenetic relationships of freshwater thaumatomonads with a description of the new species Thaumatomonas coloniensis n. sp". Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology . 54 (4): 347–357. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2007.00274.x. PMID   17669160. S2CID   24873402.
2. Thomas Cavalier-Smith & Ema E.-Y. Chao (October 2003). "Phylogeny and classification of phylum Cercozoa (Protozoa)" (PDF). Protist . 154 (3–4): 341–358. doi:10.1078/143446103322454112. PMID   14658494. S2CID   26079642. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-02-27.
3. "Cercozoa" . Retrieved May 21, 2009.
4. Cavalier-Smith, Thomas; Chao, Ema (2012), "Oxnerella micra sp. n. (Oxnerellidae fam. n.), a Tiny Naked Centrohelid, and the Diversity and Evolution of Heliozoa", Protist, 163 (4): 574–601, doi:10.1016/j.protis.2011.12.005, PMID   22317961