Heliorapha
| Heliorapha | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Phylum: | Ochrophyta |
| Class: | Raphidomonadea |
| Order: | Actinophryida |
| Suborder: | Actinophryina |
| Family: | Helioraphidae Cavalier-Smith, 2013 |
| Genus: | Heliorapha Cavalier-Smith, 2013 |
| Species: | H. azurina |
| Binomial name | |
| Heliorapha azurina (Patterson, 2001) Cavalier-Smith, 2013 | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Ciliophrys azurina Patterson, 2001 | |
Heliorapha is a genus of heliozoan protists, amoeboid eukaryotes with stiff axopodia radiating from their cells. It contains one species, Heliorapha azurina (previously Ciliophrys azurina). It is classified within a monotypic family Helioraphidae inside the actinophryids, a group of heliozoa that belong to the Ochrophyta along with other protists such as diatoms and brown algae.