Euglyphia is a group of imbricate protists in the phylum Cercozoa. They are unicellular eukaryotes characterized by a cell body covered in large imbricate scales, and an apical aperture through which they extend either filose pseudopodia or two cilia of different sizes that are not used for gliding.[1]

Euglyphia
Euglypha
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Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Phylum: Cercozoa
Class: Imbricatea
Subclass: Placonuda
Superorder: Euglyphia
Cavalier-Smith, 2018[1]
Orders

Classification

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Euglyphia is composed of 2 orders and 7 families, with a total of 14 different genera.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Cavalier-Smith, Thomas; Chao, Ema E.; Lewis, Rhodri (April 2018). "Multigene phylogeny and cell evolution of chromist infrakingdom Rhizaria: contrasting cell organisation of sister phyla Cercozoa and Retaria". Protoplasma. 255 (5): 1517–1574. doi:10.1007/s00709-018-1241-1. PMC 6133090. PMID 29666938.
  2. ^ Scoble JM, Cavalier-Smith T (2014). "Scale evolution, sequence phylogeny, and taxonomy of thaumatomonad Cercozoa: 11 new species and new genera Scutellomonas, Cowlomonas, Thaumatospina and Ovaloplaca". Eur J Protistol. 50 (3): 270–313. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2013.12.005. PMID 24667165.