Cercozoa

Cercozoa
Cercomonas
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Rhizaria
Phylum:
Cavalier-Smith, 1998[1] emend. Adl et al., 2005 emend. Cavalier-Smith, 2018[2]
Classes
Synonyms
  • Rhizopoda Dujardin, 1835 stat. nov. Haeckel, 1866 emend. Cavalier-Smith, 1996[3]
  • Filosa Cavalier-Smith & Chao, 2003

Cercozoa (now synonymised with Filosa)[2] is a phylum of diverse single-celled eukaryotes.[4][5] They lack shared morphological characteristics at the microscopic level,[6] and are instead united by molecular phylogenies of rRNA and actin or polyubiquitin.[7] They were the first major eukaryotic group to be recognized mainly through molecular phylogenies.[8] They are the natural predators of many species of bacteria. They are closely related to the phylum Retaria, comprising amoeboids that usually have complex shells, and together form a supergroup called Rhizaria.[2]

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