Penard.de - Cercozoa	Penard LabsThe Fascinating World of AmoebaeIntroductionTidbitsExplorerAmoebozoaTubulineaEuamoebidaLeptomyxidaeArcellinidaDiscoseaHimatismenidaCentramoebidaThecamoebidaFlabelliniaLongamoebiaPellitidaVarioseaArchamoebaeNucletmyceaHeliozoaPterocystidaeChoanocystidaeHeterophryidaeAcanthocystidaeRaphidiophrydaeMarophryidaeStramenopilesActinophryidaeChrysophyceaeDictyochophyceaePicophagophyceaeSynuralesLabyrinthulomycetesCercozoaVampyrellidaGranofiloseaThecofiloseaImbricateaGlissomonadidaForaminiferaIncertae SedisTwilight ZoneParasitesTaxonomyVisual KeyPublicationsIndexPenardExplorerCercozoaCercozoa Cavalier-Smith 1998, emend. Adl et al. 2005This is a group of flagellates and amoebae defined by molecular phylogenies. The amoeboid genera have either filose pseudopodia (filopodia) or networks of anastomosing reticulopodia. Very often with cysts. 1. Granofilosea Cavalier-Smith and Bass 2009With very delicate reticulopodia bearing frequent regular extrusomes. Including: Apogromia, Belaria, Clathrulina, Ditrema, Liminofila, Microcometes, Microgromia, Paralieberkuehnia.Gallery2. Thecofilosea Cavalier-Smith 2003, emend. Cavalier-Smith 2011Ancestrally with robust organic extracellular theca; theca with perforations for cilia and for pseudopodia; ventral filose pseudopodia emerge from ventral groove.Including: Diaphoropodon, Lecythium.Gallery3. Glissomonadida Howe & Cavalier-Smith 2009, emend. Hess et al. 2013Small (<15 µm), naked biflagellate cells, bacterivorous or algaevorous. Including: Viridiraptor.Gallery4. Vampyrellida West 1901, emend. Hess et al. 2012Naked, phagotrophic amoeboid organisms; amoeboid, free-moving trophozoites alternating with an obligatory digestive cyst. Including: Leptophrys, Hyalodiscus, Vampyrella.Gallery5. Imbricatea Cavalier-Smith 2011Cells with secreted surface silica scales.Including: Cyphoderia, Euglypha, Pareuglypha, Trinema, Paulinella.Gallery
