Hypermastigia

Hypermastigia (hypermastigids) within microbiology, is the name used for a group of flagellate endosymbionts which were placed under the Excavata class. They are now treated as belonging to one of the groups Tritrichomonadea, Hypotrichomonadea, or Trichomonadea within the Parabasalia.^[1]

Hypermastigia
Hypermastigid
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Phylum:	Metamonada
Subphylum:	Trichozoa
Clade:	Parabasalia
Groups included
Tritrichomonadea Hypotrichomonadea Trichomonadea
Cladistically included but traditionally excluded taxa
Trichonymphea Spirotrichonymphea Cristamonadea