Imbricatea

Imbricatea is a class of Rhizaria characterised by silica scales. It is sometimes described as "Imbricatea/Silicofilosea", due to the similarity of those two groupings. Imbricatea is divided into the orders Euglyphida and Thaumatomonadida.

Imbricatea
Euglypha sp.
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Phylum: Cercozoa
Superclass: Ventrifilosa
Class: Imbricatea
Cavalier-Smith, 2003
Orders
  • Perlofilida
  • Spongomonadida
  • Rotosphaerida
  • Thaumatomonadida
  • Discocelida
  • Discomonadida
  • Zoelucasida
  • Variglissida
  • Marimonadida
  • Euglyphida
Synonyms
  • Silicofilosea Adl et al. 2005 emend. Adl et al. 2012
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