Podiata | |
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Orange elephant ear sponge, Agelas clathrodes , in foreground. Two corals in the background: a sea fan, Iciligorgia schrammi , and a sea rod, Plexaurella nutans . | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Opimoda |
Clade: | Podiata Cavalier-Smith, 2012 |
Subgroups | |
Podiates (Cavalier-Smith, 2012, excl. Ancyromonadida) [1] are a proposed clade containing the Amorphea (incl. Opisthokonta, Amoebozoa, apusomonads and breviates) and the organisms now assigned to the clade CRuMs. [2] Ancyromonadida does not appear to have emerged in this grouping. [3] [4] Sarcomastigota (Cavalier-Smith, 1983) is a proposed subkingdom (currently shown to be paraphyletic) that includes all the podiates that are not animals or fungi. [5] Sulcozoa (Cavalier-Smith, 2012) is a proposed phylum (currently shown to be paraphyletic) within Sarcomastigota that does not include the phyla Amoebozoa (clade) and Choanozoa (paraphyletic), i.e. it includes the proposed subphyla Apusozoa and Varisulca. [6]