Percolozoa

Percolozoa
The three different stages of N. fowleri
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Discoba
Superphylum: Discicristata
Phylum: Percolozoa
Cavalier-Smith 1991
Classes
Synonyms
  • Acrasiomycota Whittaker 1969
  • Amoeboflagellates
  • Pseudociliata Cavalier-Smith 1993
  • Schizopyrenia
  • Tetramitozoa Dillon 1963
  • Stephanopogonophyta Doweld 2001
  • Stephanopogonomorpha Sleigh et al. 1984

The Percolozoa are a group of colourless, non-photosynthetic excavates, including many that can transform between amoeboid, flagellate, and cyst stages.

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