Pancryptista

Pancryptista
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Diaphoretickes
Clade:	CAM
Clade:	Pancryptista ; Yazaki et al., 2022
Subgroups
	Cryptista ; Microheliella ;
Synonyms
	Cryptista Cavalier-Smith, 1989 emend. 2015 sensu Cavalier-Smith, 2022

Last updated October 28, 2025

Pancryptista is a clade that includes the Cryptista as well as the Microheliella . Phylogenomic analyses from 2022 suggest the Microheliella is sister to the Cryptista, forming the clade called Pancryptista, which would be sister to the Archaeplastida, forming the CAM clade.^[2]

References

↑ Cavalier-Smith, Thomas (January 2018). "Kingdom Chromista and its eight phyla: a new synthesis emphasising periplastid protein targeting, cytoskeletal and periplastid evolution, and ancient divergences". Protoplasma. 255 (1): 297–357. doi:10.1007/s00709-017-1147-3. PMC 5756292 . PMID 28875267.
1 2 Yazaki, Euki; Yabuki, Akinori; Imaizumi, Ayaka; Kume, Keitaro; Hashimoto, Tetsuo; Inagaki, Yuji (13 April 2022). "The closest lineage of Archaeplastida is revealed by phylogenomics analyses that include Microheliella maris". Open Biology. 12 (4) 210376. doi: 10.1098/rsob.210376 . PMC 9006020 . PMID 35414259.
↑ Cavalier-Smith, Thomas (1 May 2022). "Ciliary transition zone evolution and the root of the eukaryote tree: implications for opisthokont origin and classification of kingdoms Protozoa, Plantae, and Fungi". Protoplasma. 259 (3): 487–593. doi:10.1007/s00709-021-01665-7. ISSN 1615-6102. PMC 9010356 . PMID 34940909.

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[1] Cavalier-Smith, Thomas (January 2018). "Kingdom Chromista and its eight phyla: a new synthesis emphasising periplastid protein targeting, cytoskeletal and periplastid evolution, and ancient divergences". Protoplasma. 255 (1): 297–357. doi:10.1007/s00709-017-1147-3. PMC 5756292 . PMID 28875267.

[:1-2] 1 2 Yazaki, Euki; Yabuki, Akinori; Imaizumi, Ayaka; Kume, Keitaro; Hashimoto, Tetsuo; Inagaki, Yuji (13 April 2022). "The closest lineage of Archaeplastida is revealed by phylogenomics analyses that include Microheliella maris". Open Biology. 12 (4) 210376. doi: 10.1098/rsob.210376 . PMC 9006020 . PMID 35414259.

[3] Cavalier-Smith, Thomas (1 May 2022). "Ciliary transition zone evolution and the root of the eukaryote tree: implications for opisthokont origin and classification of kingdoms Protozoa, Plantae, and Fungi". Protoplasma. 259 (3): 487–593. doi:10.1007/s00709-021-01665-7. ISSN 1615-6102. PMC 9010356 . PMID 34940909.

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