Heliorapha

Heliorapha
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Gyrista
Subphylum: Ochrophytina
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.

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