Diaphoretickes

Diaphoretickes is a large group of eukaryotic organisms. There are over 400,000 species. Most of the Earth's biomass which does photosynthesis is in this group.

All the living things in Diaphoretickes are Eukaryotes: they are complicated cells with organelles. Most plants that make energy out of light are in Diaphoretickes. Only Euglenozoa and blue-green algae are not.  

The group includes:
 Archaeplastida (red algae, glaucophytes, green algae and plants)
 Cryptista
 Haptista
 SAR supergroup (stramenopiles, alveolates, and Rhizaria)
 Telonemia

In 2012, this megagroup was defined.

 History 
Burki led a team of scientists that named Diaphoretickes. They called it the "plants+HC+SAR megagroup" because it has plants (Archaeplastida), haptophytes, cryptomonads, and stramenopiles, alveolates, and rhizarians.  That makes the acronyms HC and SAR.

Other scientists call Diaphoretickes the "SAR/HA Supergroup" or "Corticata with Rhizaria." The name "Corticata" comes from Cavalier-Smith's scientific idea that the cortical alveoli of glaucophytes and alveolates both came from the same ancestors. 

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Category:Eukaryotes
Category:Photosynthesis
Category:Algae
Category:Plants