Gyrista
| Gyrista | |
|---|---|
| Gyristan representatives (clockwise from top-left): water mould, brown algae, diatoms, Develorapax. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Clade: | Gyrista Cavalier-Smith 1998 |
| Subgroups | |
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Gyrista is a clade of stramenopile protists containing three diverse groups: the mostly photosynthetic Ochrophyta, the parasitic Pseudofungi, and the recently described group of nanoflagellates known as Bigyromonada. Members of this phylum are characterized by the presence of a helix or a double helix/ring system in the ciliary transition region.