Opalomonadea

Opalomonadea is a class of biciliate phagotrophic opalozoans with an anterior hairy cilium, often from anaerobic habitats.^[1] It is a monophyletic group previously known as clade MAST-12, sister to Opalinata.^[1] This group was discovered through marine environmental DNA samples; no species have yet been described or cultured.^[2]

Opalomonadea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Stramenopiles
Phylum:	Bigyra
Subphylum:	Opalozoa
Infraphylum:	Placidozoa
Class:	Opalomonadea Cavalier-Smith 2013[1]
Species
None yet described

Phylogeny

The cladogram below shows the relationships between Opalomonadea and the rest of Opalozoans.^[1]

Opalozoa	Placidozoa Opalinata Opalinea Blastocystea Opalomonadea Nanomonadea Placididea Bikosea Pseudodendromonadida Bicoecida Anoecida Borokida Rictida	"Wobblata"