- Source: Euglyphia (protist)
Euglyphia is a group of imbricate protists in the phylum Cercozoa. They are unicellular eukaryotes characterized by a cell body covered in large imbricate scales, and an apical aperture through which they extend either filose pseudopodia or two cilia of different sizes that are not used for gliding.
Classification
Euglyphia is composed of 2 orders and 7 families, with a total of 14 different genera.
Order Euglyphida Copeland, 1956 emend. Cavalier-Smith, 1987
Family Euglyphidae Wallich, 1864 – Euglypha
Family Trinematidae Hoogenraad & De Groot, 1940 – Corythion, Trinema
Family Sphenoderiidae Chatelain et al., 2013 – Sphenoderia, Trachelocorythion
Family Assulinidae Lara et al., 2006 – Assulina, Placocista
Family Cyphoderiidae De Saedeleer, 1934 – Cyphoderia, Corothionella, Pseudocorythion
Family Paulinellidae De Saedeleer, 1934 – Paulinella, Ovulinata, Micropyxidiella
Order Zoelucasida Cavalier-Smith, 2014
Family Zoelucasidae Cavalier-Smith, 2014 – Zoelucasa