Collodictyonidae
| Collodictyonidae | |
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| Collodictyon triciliatum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | CRuMs |
| Phylum: | Collodictyophyta Zmitrovich, Perelygin & Zharikov 2022 |
| Class: | Diphyllatea Cavalier-Smith 2003 |
| Order: | Diphylleida Cavalier-Smith 1993 |
| Family: | Collodictyonidae Brugerolle et al. 2002 |
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Collodictyonidae (also Diphylleidae) is a group of aquatic, unicellular eukaryotic organisms with two to four terminal flagella. They feed by phagocytosis, ingesting other unicellular organisms like algae and bacteria.
Recent molecular analyses place collodictyonids (e.g. Collodictyon) in a clade also containing Rigifilida and Mantamonadidae. This clade has been named CRuMs and is sister to Amorphea.