CRuMs is a proposed
clade
A clade (), also known as a monophyletic group or natural group, is a group of organisms that are monophyletic – that is, composed of a common ancestor and all its lineal descendants – on a phylogenetic tree. Rather than the English ter ...
of
microbial
A microorganism, or microbe,, ''mikros'', "small") and ''organism'' from the el, ὀργανισμός, ''organismós'', "organism"). It is usually written as a single word but is sometimes hyphenated (''micro-organism''), especially in olde ...
eukaryotes, whose name is an acronym of the following constituent groups: i)
collodictyonids also known as diphylleids, ii)
rigifilids
Rigifilida is a clade of non- ciliate phagotrophic eukaryotes. It consists of two genera: '' Micronuclearia'' and ''Rigifila''.
Characteristics
Cells of rigifilids are covered with either a single or a double-layered submembrane pellicular lam ...
and iii)
mantamonadids as sister of the
Amorphea.
It more or less
supersedes Varisulca, as
Ancyromonadida are inferred not to be specifically related to the orders Collodictyonida, Rigifilida and Mantamonadida.
Phylogeny
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q59153571
Eukaryote subphyla
Podiata