Cryptofilida
| Cryptofilida | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Phylum: | Cercozoa |
| Class: | Granofilosea |
| Order: | Cryptofilida Cavalier-Smith & Bass, 2009 |
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Cryptofilida (from Latin crypto 'hidden', and fila 'threads') is an order of small heterotrophic protists in the phylum Cercozoa. They are filose amoebae that lack cilia and gliding, and are instead characterized by movement through branching or unbranched granular filopodia that are appressed to the substrate during their feeding.
In studies on the impact of conventional soil management, Cryptofilida were identified as ecological indicators.
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