Diphylleidae (also Collodictyonidae) is a group of aquatic, unicellular eukaryotic organisms with two to four terminal flagella. They feed by phagocytosis, ingesting other unicellular organisms like algae and bacteria. It is the sister group of Sulcomonadidae.
Recent molecular analyses place collodictyonids (e.g. Collodictyon) in a clade also containing Rigifilida and Mantamonadidae. This clade has been named CRuMs and is sister to Amorphea.
Phylogeny
Taxonomy
- Family Diphylleidae <small>Cavalier-Smith 1993</small> ["Collodictyonidae" <small>Brugerolle et al. 2002</small>]
- Genus Diphylleia <small>Massart 1920 non Michaux 1803</small> [Aulacomonas <small>Skuja 1939</small>]
- Species D. rotans <small>Massart 1920</small> [Aulacomonas submarina <small>Skuja 1939</small>]
- Genus Collodictyon <small>Carter 1865</small>
- Species C. hongkongense <small>Skvortzov 1968</small>
- Species C. indicum <small>Iyengar 1981</small>
- Species C. oxycareni <small>Franchini 1922</small>
- Species C. sparsevacuolatum <small>Skuja 1956</small>
- Species C. triciliatum <small>Carter 1865</small>
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