Imbricatea Explained

Imbricatea is a class of Rhizaria characterised by silica scales. It is sometimes described as "Imbricatea/Silicofilosea", due to the similarity of those two groupings.[1] Imbricatea is divided into the orders Euglyphida and Thaumatomonadida.[2] [3]

Phylogeny

Phylogeny based on Cavalier-Smith & Chao 2012

Notes and References

  1. Claudia Wylezich . Alexander P. Mylnikov . Markus Weitere . Hartmut Arndt . Distribution and phylogenetic relationships of freshwater thaumatomonads with a description of the new species Thaumatomonas coloniensis n. sp. . . 54 . 4 . 347–357 . 2007 . 17669160 . 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2007.00274.x. 24873402 .
  2. Thomas Cavalier-Smith & Ema E.-Y. Chao . Phylogeny and classification of phylum Cercozoa (Protozoa) . . 154 . 3–4 . 341–358 . October 2003 . 14658494 . 10.1078/143446103322454112. 26079642 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190227010731/http://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/79f9/3b900e1499f7f592e58a83d4675351e7f943.pdf . dead . 2019-02-27 .
  3. Web site: Cercozoa . May 21, 2009.