Spongomonad | |
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Rhipidodendron splendidum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Phylum: | Cercozoa |
Class: | Imbricatea |
Order: | Spongomonadida Hibberd 1983 |
Family: | Spongomonadidae Karpov 1990 |
Genera | |
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The spongomonads are a group of flagellated protists in the phylum Cercozoa. Taxonomically, they compose the family Sarcomonadidae and order Sarcomonadida. They were originally placed among the Reticulofilosa,[1] but were later transferred to Monadofilosa.[2] It includes only two genera:[3]