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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | TSAR |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Order: | Colpodellida |
| Family: | Colpodellidae Simpson & Patterson, 1996 |
| Genus: | Colpodella Cienkowski, 1865 |
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Colpodella is a genus of alveolates comprising 5 species, and two further possible species:[1] They share all the synapomorphies of apicomplexans, but are free-living, rather than parasitic.[1] Many members of this genus were previously assigned to a different genus - Spiromonas.
The type species is Colpodella pugnax Cienkowski 1865.
- ^ a b Alastair G. B. Simpson; David J. Patterson (1996). "Ultrastructure and identification of the predatory flagellate Colpodella pugnax Cienkowski (Apicomplexa) with a description of Colpodella turpis n. sp. and a review of the genus". Systematic Parasitology. 33 (3): 187–198. doi:10.1007/BF01531200.