Granofilosea is a class of cercozoan protists in the subphylum Reticulofilosa. Out of the three groups that were traditionally considered heliozoans: the heliomonads, gymnosphaerids and desmothoracids, the latter were recently grouped into this new class.
Phylogeny and taxonomy
Phylogeny
The following cladogram shows the results of a 2011 phylogenetic analysis:
Taxonomy
- Class Granofilosea <small>Cavalier-Smith & Bass 2009</small>
- Family ?Microgromiidae <small>De Saedeleer 1934</small>
- Genus Apogromia <small>de Saedeleer 1934</small>
- Genus Belaria <small>de Saedeleer 1934</small>
- Genus Heterogromia <small>de Saedeleer 1934</small>
- Genus Microgromia <small>Hertwig & Lesser 1874</small>
- Genus Paralieberkuehnia <small>de Saedeleer 1934</small>
- Order Desmothoracida <small>Honigberg et al. 1964</small> [Cryptaxohelida; Desmothoraca <small>Hertwig & Lesser 1874</small>; Clathrulinida <small>Starobogatov 1980</small>]
- Family Clathrulinidae <small>Claus 1874</small>
- Genus Actinosphaeridium <small>Zacharias 1893</small>
- Genus Cienkowskya <small>Schaudinn 1896 non Regel & Rach 1859 non Solms 1867</small>
- Genus Clathrulina <small>Cienkowski 1867</small>
- Genus Elaeorhanis <small>Greeff 1873</small>
- Genus Hedriocystis <small>Hertwig & Lesser 1874</small>
- Genus Penardiophrys <small>Mikrjukov 2000</small>
- Order Cryptofilida <small>Cavalier-Smith & Bass 2009</small>
- Family Mesofilidae <small>Cavalier-Smith & Bass 2009</small>
- Genus Mesofila <small>Cavalier-Smith & Bass 2009</small>
- Family Nanofilidae <small>Cavalier-Smith & Bass 2009</small>
- Genus Nanofila <small>Bass et al. 2009</small>
- Order Limnofilida <small>Cavalier-Smith & Bass 2009</small>
- Family Limnofilidae <small>Cavalier-Smith & Bass 2009</small>
- Genus Limnofila <small>Cavalier-Smith & Bass 2009</small>
- Order Leucodictyida <small>Cavalier-Smith 1993 emend. 2003</small>
- Family Massisteriidae <small>Cavalier-Smith 1993</small>
- Genus Massisteria <small>Larsen & Patterson 1990</small>
- Genus Minimassisteria <small>Arndt & Cavalier-Smith 2011</small>
- Family Leucodictyidae <small>Cavalier-Smith 1993</small> [Reticulamoebidae]
- Genus Leucodictyon <small>Grell 1991</small>
- Genus Reticulamoeba <small>Grell 1994</small>
- Genus Thalassomyxa <small>Grell 1985</small>
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