Craspedida
| Craspedida | |
|---|---|
| phase contrast image of Monosiga brevicollis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Class: | Choanoflagellatea |
| Order: | Craspedida Cavalier-Smith, 1997, emend. Nitsche et al. 2011 |
| Families | |
Craspedida is an order of choanoflagellate, with members with an exclusively organic covering. Crown group craspedids (and perhaps crown group choanoflagellates if Acanthoecida arose within Craspedida) appeared 422.78 million years ago. Although a previous study from 2017 recovered the divergence of the crown group choanoflagellates (craspedids) at 786.62 million years.