Saccharomycomorpha

Saccharomycomorpha
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: Sar
Clade: Rhizaria
Phylum: Cercozoa
Class: Sarcomonadea
Order: Glissomonadida
Family: Saccharomycomorphidae
Feng, He, Jiang, Zhang & Yu, 2021
Genus: Saccharomycomorpha
Feng, He, Jiang, Zhang & Yu, 2021
Species:
S. psychra
Binomial name
Saccharomycomorpha psychra
Feng, He, Jiang, Zhang & Yu, 2021
Type strain
CPCC 300049

Saccharomycomorpha is a genus of non-flagellated protists with a rare yeast-like appearance, containing the single species Saccharomycomorpha psychra. It is the only genus of the family Saccharomycomorphidae, within the cercozoan order Glissomonadida. Before its description in 2021 it was known as clade T, recovered from environmental DNA in previous phylogenetic analyses.