Bigyromonada | |
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Develorapax marinus | |
Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Stramenopiles |
Phylum: | Gyrista |
Subphylum: | Bigyromonada Cavalier-Smith 1998[1] |
Classes[2] | |
Bigyromonada is a recently described non-photosynthetic lineage ofstramenopiles that at present contains two classes.[2][3][4]
Bigyromonads are characterized by biciliate cells that feed onbacteria throughphagotrophy. They aremarine organisms.[2]