Cutosea

Cutosea (from Latin cutis 'skin') is a small group of marine amoeboid protists proposed in 2016. It is a monotypic class of Amoebozoa containing the order Squamocutida (from Latin squama 'scale', and cutis 'skin'). Cutosean organisms are characterized by a cell coat of microscales separated from the cell membrane. Three genera, Armaparvus, Sapocribrum and Squamamoeba, belong to this group, distributed in two families.

Cutosea
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Amoebozoa
Clade: Evosea
Superclass: Cutosa
Cavalier-Smith, 2016
Class: Cutosea
Cavalier-Smith, 2016
Order: Squamocutida
Cavalier-Smith, 2016
Families
Diversity
3 species
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