Bigyra

Bigyra
Aplanochytrium, SEM showing one vegetative cell and extended ectoplasmic network.
Aplanochytrium, SEM showing one vegetative cell and extended ectoplasmic network.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Bigyra
Cavalier-Smith 1998,[1] emend. 2006[2] emend. 2013[3]
Clades[4]

Bigyra (from Latin bi- 'twice' and gyrus 'circle')[1] is a phylum of microscopic eukaryotes that are found at the base of the Stramenopiles clade. It includes three well-known heterotrophic groups Bicosoecida, Opalinata and Labyrinthulomycetes, as well as several small clades initially discovered through environmental DNA samples: Nanomonadea, Placididea, Opalomonadea and Eogyrea. The classification of Bigyra has changed several times since its origin, and its monophyly remains unresolved.

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