Corticata

For the moth genus with this name, see Garella (moth).

Corticata ("one with a cortex"), in the classification of eukaryotes (living organisms with a cell nucleus), is a superkingdom suggested by Thomas Cavalier-Smith to encompass the following two eukaryote supergroups:^{[citation needed]}

• Plantae,^[1] or Archaeplastida (land plants, red algae, green algae, and glaucophytes)
• Chromalveolata (a polyphyletic group including kelp, water moulds, ciliates, dinoflagellates, and other organisms)

Corticata
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Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	Orthokaryotes
(unranked):	Neokaryotes
(unranked):	Bikonta
Superkingdom:	Corticata Lankester 1878, emend. Cavalier-Smith, 2002
Kingdoms
Plantae Chromista

Cavalier-Smith later included Rhizaria as well, resulting in a close similarity to Diaphoretickes — not identical as Diaphoretickes does not contain polyphyletic taxa.^[2][3][4]

See also

• Bikont
• Cabozoa