Commation
| Commation | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Phylum: | Ochrophyta |
| Class: | Raphidomonadea |
| Subclass: | Raphopoda |
| Order: | Commatiida Cavalier-Smith, 1997 |
| Family: | Commatiidae Cavalier-Smith & Scoble, 2013 |
| Genus: | Commation Thomsen & Larsen, 1993 |
| Type species | |
| Commation eposianum Thomsen & Larsen, 1993 | |
| Species | |
Commation is a genus of marine heterotrophic protists closely related to the actinophryids. It contains two species, Commation cryoporinum and Commation eposianum, discovered in antarctic waters and described in 1993. Currently, the genus is classified within a monotypic family Commatiidae and order Commatiida. Along with the photosynthetic raphidophytes, these organisms compose the class of stramenopiles known as Raphidomonadea.