| Wobblata | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  (obsolete as paraphyletic) | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Phylum: | Bigyra |
| Subphylum: | Opalozoa |
| Infraphylum: | Placidozoa |
| Superclass: | Wobblata Cavalier-Smith 2013 [1] |
| Groups included | |
| Cladistically included but traditionally excluded taxa | |
Wobblata is an obsolete paraphyletic grouping of all placidozoans except Opalinata. It unites the classes Placididea, Nanomonadea and Opalomonadea. [1]
Members of this group are ancestrally aerobic phagotrophic biciliates. [1] They have tubular mitochondrial cristae and a hairy anterior cilium. [1] They have a split right microtubular root, [1] i.e. one of the two (left and right) microtubular roots that support the feeding groove is split in two. [2] They lack a cytopharynx, and some of them have lost their anterior cilium. [1]
The cladogram shows the relationships between Wobblata and the rest of Opalozoans. [1]