Uniciliatida
| Uniciliatida | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Phylum: | Bigyra |
| Subphylum: | Opalozoa |
| Infraphylum: | Placidozoa |
| Superclass: | Wobblata |
| Class: | Nanomonadea Cavalier-Smith (2013) |
| Order: | Uniciliatida Cavalier-Smith (2013) |
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Nanomonadea is a class of biciliate phagotrophic, non-photosynthetic free-living opalozoans, containing the sole order Uniciliatida. This monophyletic group previously known as clade MAST-3 is characterized by a single hairless posterior cilium and absence of an anterior cilium.