Monadofilosa is a grouping of Cercozoa. (It is sometimes considered one of three, the other two being Endomyxa and Reticulofilosa.) These organisms are single-celled amoeboid protists.

Classification

Monadofilosa includes the testaceans, which are testate filose amoeboids, and the cercomonads. It is sometimes described as Testaceafilosia and Sarcomonadea. It has also been described as Sarcomonadea (Cercomonas, Heteromita, Bodomorpha, Proleptomonas, Allantion), Thecofilosea (Cryptodifflugia, Cryothecomonas), Spongomonadea (Spongomonas, Rhipidodendron), and Imbricatea (Thaumatomonas, Thaumatomastix, Allas, Gyromitus, Euglypha, Trinema, Paulinella). Monadofilosa is sometimes treated as a superclass rather than a subphylum. Sainouron has been grouped in Monadofilosa.

Phylogeny

Phylogeny based on Bass et al. 2009, Howe et al. 2011 and Bass et al. 2016.

Taxonomy