Euglyphia (protist)
# Euglyphia (protist)

Euglyphia is a group of imbricate protists in the phylum Cercozoa. They are unicellular eukaryotes characterized by a cell body covered in large imbricate scales, and an apical aperture through which they extend either filose pseudopodia or two cilia of different sizes that are not used for gliding.

## Classification

Euglyphia is composed of 2 orders and 7 families, with a total of 14 different genera.

* Order Euglyphida Copeland, 1956 emend. Cavalier-Smith, 1987
   * Family Euglyphidae Wallich, 1864 – Euglypha
   * Family Trinematidae Hoogenraad & De Groot, 1940 – Corythion, Trinema
   * Family Sphenoderiidae Chatelain et al., 2013 – Sphenoderia, Trachelocorythion
   * Family Assulinidae Lara et al., 2006 – Assulina, Placocista
   * Family Cyphoderiidae De Saedeleer, 1934 – Cyphoderia, Corothionella, Pseudocorythion
   * Family Paulinellidae De Saedeleer, 1934 – Paulinella, Ovulinata, Micropyxidiella
* Order Zoelucasida Cavalier-Smith, 2014
   * Family Zoelucasidae Cavalier-Smith, 2014 – Zoelucasa
