Chrompodellid

Chrompodellids
Typical life cycle stages of Vitrella brassicaformis, a chromerid (vc: vegetative cell, zs: zoosporangium, as: autosporangium)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Alveolata
Clade: Myzozoa
Phylum:
Moore et al. 2008[5]
Class:
Mylnikov et al. 2000[2]
Order:
Cavalier-Smith 1993[1]
Type genus
Colpodella
Cienkowsky 1865[1]
Families[3][4]
Synonyms
  • Apicomonadea Cavalier-Smith 1993 emend. 2017[6]
  • Chromeridophyta Guiry 2024[7]

Chrompodellids are a phylum of single-celled protists belonging to the Alveolata supergroup. It comprises two different polyphyletic groups of flagellates: the colpodellids, phagotrophic predators, and the chromerids, photosynthetic algae that live as symbionts of corals. These groups were independently discovered and described, but molecular phylogenetic analyses demonstrated that they are intermingled in a clade that is the closest relative to Apicomplexa, and they became collectively known as chrompodellids. Due to the history of their research, they are variously known in biological classification as Chromerida or Colpodellida (ICZN)/Colpodellales (ICN).

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  5. ^ Moore, Robert B.; Oborník, Miroslav; Janouškovec, Jan; Chrudimský, Tomáš; Vancová, Marie; Green, David H.; Wright, Simon W.; Davies, Noel W.; Bolch, Christopher J. S.; Heimann, Kirsten; Šlapeta, Jan; Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove; Logsdon, John M.; Carter, Dee A. (2008-02-21). "A photosynthetic alveolate closely related to apicomplexan parasites". Nature. 451 (7181): 959–963. Bibcode:2008Natur.451..959M. doi:10.1038/nature06635. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 18288187.
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