Colpodellida
Colpodella vorax
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: TSAR
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Order: Colpodellida
Cavalier-Smith, 1993[1]
Families

Colpodellidae

Colpodellida is an order of alveolate eukaryotes, which includes small predatory species such as Colpodella pugnax. They are active predatory flagellates that consume small protists.[2] However they do not fully ingest the prey, rather they absorb or suck the contents from the prey partially or fully. This method of sucking the contents from the prey is termed as mizocytosis.[3]

References

  1. ^ Cavalier-Smith, T. (1993). "Kingdom protozoa and its 18 phyla". Microbiological Reviews. 57 (4): 953–994. doi:10.1128/mmbr.57.4.953-994.1993. PMC 372943. PMID 8302218.
  2. ^ Myl’nikova, Z. M.; Myl’nikov, A. P. (2009-07-01). "The morphology of predatory flagellate Colpodella pseudoedax Mylnikov et Mylnikov, 2007 (Colpodellida, Alveolata)". Inland Water Biology. 2 (3): 199–204. doi:10.1134/S199508290903002X. ISSN 1995-0837.
  3. ^ Mylnikov, A. P. (2009-12-01). "Ultrastructure and phylogeny of colpodellids (Colpodellida, Alveolata)". Biology Bulletin. 36 (6): 582–590. doi:10.1134/S1062359009060065. ISSN 1608-3059.


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