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Uniciliatida
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Diaphoretickes
Clade:	SAR
Clade:	Stramenopiles
Phylum:	Bigyra
Subphylum:	Opalozoa
Infraphylum:	Placidozoa
Superclass:	Wobblata
Class:	Nanomonadea Cavalier-Smith (2013)
Order:	Uniciliatida Cavalier-Smith (2013)
Families
Solenicolidae Incisomonadidae

Nanomonadea is a class of biciliate phagotrophic, non-photosynthetic free-living opalozoans, containing the sole order Uniciliatida. This monophyletic group previously known as clade MAST-3 is characterized by a single hairless posterior cilium and absence of an anterior cilium.

Phylogeny

The cladogram below shows the relationships between Nanomonadea and the rest of Opalozoans.

Taxonomy

The taxonomy of Nanomonadea is as follows:

• Subphylum Opalozoa Cavalier-Smith 1999 stat. nov. 2006
  • Infraphylum Placidozoa Cavalier-Smith 2013
    • Superclass Wobblata Cavalier-Smith 2006 supercl. nov. 2013 (paraphyletic)
      • Class Nanomonadea Cavalier-Smith 2013
        • Order Uniciliatida Cavalier-Smith 2013
          • Family Solenicolidae Cavalier-Smith 2013 – Solenicola
          • Family Incisomonadidae Cavalier-Smith 2013 – Incisomonas

References

1. ^ Cavalier-Smith, Thomas; Scoble, Josephine Margaret (2013). "Phylogeny of Heterokonta: Incisomonas marina, a uniciliate gliding opalozoan related to Solenicola (Nanomonadea), and evidence that Actinophryida evolved from raphidophytes". European Journal of Protistology. 49: 328–353. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2012.09.002.
2. Cavalier-Smith, Thomas (2017). "Kingdom Chromista and its eight phyla: a new synthesis emphasising periplastid protein targeting, cytoskeletal and periplastid evolution, and ancient divergences". Protoplasma. 255: 297–357. doi:10.1007/s00709-017-1147-3. PMC 5756292.

• Placidozoa
• Heterokont orders