Ventrifilosa
| Ventrifilosa | |
|---|---|
| Euglypha | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Rhizaria |
| Phylum: | Cercozoa |
| Subphylum: | Monadofilosa |
| Superclass: | Ventrifilosa Cavalier-Smith, 2012 emend. 2018 |
| Classes | |
Ventrifilosa (from Latin venter 'belly' and filum 'thread') is a highly diverse group of phagotrophic protists that glide through their flagella and emit filose pseudopods from their ventral side for feeding. Because of their mixture of amoeba and flagellate characteristics, they are amoeboflagellates. Members of this group are the Imbricatea, Sarcomonadea and Thecofilosea.