Colpodellida
| Colpodellida | |
|---|---|
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| Colpodella vorax | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | TSAR |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Order: | Colpodellida Cavalier-Smith, 1993[1] |
| Families | |
Colpodellida is an order of alveolate eukaryotes, which includes small predatory species such as Colpodella pugnax. They are active predatory flagellates that consume small protists.[2] However they do not fully injest the prey, rather they absorb/“suck” the contents from the prey partially or fully. This method of “sucking” the contents from the prey is termed as mizocytosis.[3]
References
- ^ Cavalier-Smith, T. (1993). "Kingdom protozoa and its 18 phyla". Microbiological Reviews. 57 (4): 953–994. doi:10.1128/mmbr.57.4.953-994.1993. PMC 372943. PMID 8302218.
- ^ Myl’nikova, Z.M., Myl’nikov, A.P. The morphology of predatory flagellate Colpodella pseudoedax Mylnikov et Mylnikov, 2007 (Colpodellida, Alveolata). Inland Water Biol 2, 199–204 (2009). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S199508290903002X
- ^ Mylnikov, A.P. Ultrastructure and phylogeny of colpodellids (Colpodellida, Alveolata). Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 36, 582–590 (2009). https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S1062359009060065
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