Colpodella

Colpodella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Halvaria
Clade:	Alveolata
Clade:	Myzozoa
Phylum:	Chromerida
Class:	Colpodellophyceae
Order:	Colpodellida
Family:	Colpodellaceae
Genus:	; Cienkowski, 1865
Species
	See text.
Synonyms
	Nephromonas Droop 1953 nomen dubium; Dingensia Patterson & Zoelffel 1991;

Colpodella is a genus of alveolates comprising five species, and two further possible species:^[1] They share all the synapomorphies of apicomplexans, but are free-living, rather than parasitic.^[1] Many members of this genus were previously assigned to a different genus - Spiromonas.

The type species is Colpodella pugnax Cienkowski 1865.

^ ^a ^b Alastair G. B. Simpson; David J. Patterson (1996). "Ultrastructure and identification of the predatory flagellate Colpodella pugnax Cienkowski (Apicomplexa) with a description of Colpodella turpis n. sp. and a review of the genus". Systematic Parasitology. 33 (3): 187–198. doi:10.1007/BF01531200.

[Simpson-1] Alastair G. B. Simpson; David J. Patterson (1996). "Ultrastructure and identification of the predatory flagellate Colpodella pugnax Cienkowski (Apicomplexa) with a description of Colpodella turpis n. sp. and a review of the genus". Systematic Parasitology. 33 (3): 187–198. doi:10.1007/BF01531200.

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