Evosea | |
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Dictyostelium discoideum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Phylum: | Amoebozoa |
Clade: | Evosea Kang et al. 2017[1] |
Clades[1][2] | |
Evosea is a diverse clade of amoeboid protists discovered through molecular analyses. Along with Tubulinea and Discosea, Evosea is one of the three major groups within Amoebozoa, an important clade of eukaryotic organisms. It contains unicellular organisms that display a wide variety of life cycles and cell shapes, including amoebae, flagellates and different kinds of slime molds.