Rollomonadia
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| Rollomonadia | |
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| Cryptophytes under light microscopy | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Pancryptista |
| Phylum: | Cryptista |
| Subphylum: | Rollomonadia Cavalier-Smith 2013 |
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Rollomonadia is a group of single-celled flagellates. It contains a small group of heterotrophic flagellates known as katablepharids, as well as the abundant cryptomonads (=cryptophytes), which comprise the heterotrophic Goniomonadea and the photosynthetic Cryptophyceae.[2][1] Together with Palpitomonas and the Endohelea heliozoans, they compose the Cryptista.[3][4] Members of this clade are distinguished from other Cryptista by the presence of specialized extrusomes known as ejectisomes.[5]
