Centrohelid

Centrohelids
Raphidiophrys contractilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Phylum: Haptista
Class: Centroplasthelida
Febvre‐Chevalier & Febvre, 1984[1]
Orders[1][2]

Incertae sedis

Synonyms
  • Centroplastiales
  • Centrohelina Hartmann 1913
  • Centroheliozoa Cushman & Jarvis 1929 sensu Durrschmidt & Patterson 1987
  • Centrohelida Kühn 1926[3]
  • Centrohelea Kuhn 1926 stat. n. Cavalier-Smith 1993

The centrohelids or centroheliozoa are a large group of heliozoan protists.[4] They include both mobile and sessile forms, found in freshwater and marine environments, especially at some depth.[clarification needed]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Adl 2019 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Yogsothothidae was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Kühn, A. (1926). Morphologie der Tiere in Bildern. Heft 2: Protozoen. Teil 2. Rhizopoden. Gebrüder Borntraeger: Berlin.
  4. ^ Nikolaev SI; Berney C; Fahrni JF; et al. (May 2004). "The twilight of Heliozoa and rise of Rhizaria, an emerging supergroup of amoeboid eukaryotes". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 101 (21): 8066–8071. doi:10.1073/pnas.0308602101. PMC 419558. PMID 15148395.