Class of single-celled organisms
Granofilosea is a class of cercozoan protists in the subphylum Reticulofilosa.[2] 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:[1]
Taxonomy
- Class Granofilosea Cavalier-Smith & Bass 2009[3][4]
- Family ?Microgromiidae De Saedeleer 1934
- Genus Apogromia de Saedeleer 1934
- Genus Belaria de Saedeleer 1934
- Genus Heterogromia de Saedeleer 1934
- Genus Microgromia Hertwig & Lesser 1874
- Genus Paralieberkuehnia de Saedeleer 1934
- Order ?Axomonadida [Exonucleoaxoplastiales]
- Family Tetradimorphidae Febvre-Chevalier & Febvre 1984
- Genus Tetradimorpha Hsiung 1927
- Order Desmothoracida Honigberg et al. 1964 [Cryptaxohelida; Desmothoraca Hertwig & Lesser 1874; Clathrulinida Starobogatov 1980]
- Family Clathrulinidae Claus 1874
- Genus Actinosphaeridium Zacharias 1893
- Genus Cienkowskya Schaudinn 1896 non Regel & Rach 1859 non Solms 1867
- Genus Clathrulina Cienkowski 1867
- Genus Elaeorhanis Greeff 1873
- Genus Hedriocystis Hertwig & Lesser 1874
- Genus Penardiophrys Mikrjukov 2000
- Order Cryptofilida Cavalier-Smith & Bass 2009
- Order Limnofilida Cavalier-Smith & Bass 2009
- Order Leucodictyida Cavalier-Smith 1993 emend. 2003
- Family Massisteriidae Cavalier-Smith 1993
- Family Leucodictyidae Cavalier-Smith 1993 [Reticulamoebidae]