Diaphoretickes

Diaphoretickes
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Adl et al., 2012
Clades

Possibly included:

Synonyms
  • Corticata Lankester 1878 emend. Cavalier-Smith 2015
  • eucorta Cavalier-Smith 2022

Diaphoretickes is a major group of eukaryotic organisms spanning over 400,000 species. The majority of the earth's biomass that carries out photosynthesis belongs to Diaphoretickes. In older classification systems, members of the Diaphoretickes were variously placed in the kingdoms Protozoa or Protista.