Phaeocystida | |
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Auloceros spp. (Aulacanthidae) | |
Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Rhizaria |
Phylum: | Cercozoa |
Class: | Thecofilosea |
Order: | Opaloconchida |
Suborder: | Phaeocystina Haeckel, 1887 |
Families | |
Phaeocystida, also known asPhaeocystina,[1] is a group ofcercozoans in the classPhaeodarea. It was first described byErnst Haeckel in 1887 and treated traditionally as a suborder,[2] but later was raised to order level untilCavalier-Smith's classification lowered it again to suborder level. It belongs to the orderEodarida, characterised by simpler silica skeletons or a lack thereof.[1]