Euglyphia (protist)

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
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Rhizaria
Phylum:	Cercozoa
Class:	Imbricatea
Subclass:	Placonuda
Superorder:	Euglyphia Cavalier-Smith, 2018[1]
Orders
Euglyphida Zoelucasida

Classification

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

• Order Euglyphida Copeland, 1956 emend. Cavalier-Smith, 1987
  • Family Euglyphidae Wallich, 1864 – Euglypha
  • Family Trinematidae Hoogenraad & De Groot, 1940 – Corythion, Trinema
  • Family Sphenoderiidae Chatelain et al., 2013 – Sphenoderia, Trachelocorythion
  • Family Assulinidae Lara et al., 2006 – Assulina, Placocista
  • Family Cyphoderiidae De Saedeleer, 1934 – Cyphoderia, Corothionella, Pseudocorythion
  • Family Paulinellidae De Saedeleer, 1934 – Paulinella, Ovulinata, Micropyxidiella
• Order Zoelucasida Cavalier-Smith, 2014^[2]
  • Family Zoelucasidae Cavalier-Smith, 2014 – Zoelucasa