Opalomonadea

Opalomonadea
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: Sar
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Bigyra
Superclass: Wobblata
Class: Opalomonadea
Cavalier-Smith 2013
Species

None yet described

Opalomonadea is a class of biciliate phagotrophic opalozoans with an anterior hairy cilium, often from anaerobic habitats. It is a monophyletic group previously known as clade MAST-12, sister to Opalinata. This group was discovered through marine environmental DNA samples; no species have yet been described or cultured.

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