Colpodellida is an order of alveolate eukaryotes, which includes small predatory species such as Colpodella pugnax. They are active predatory flagellates that consume small protists.[2] However they do not fully injest the prey, rather they absorb/“suck” the contents from the prey partially or fully. This method of “sucking” the contents from the prey is termed as mizocytosis.[3]
| Colpodellida | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Colpodella vorax | |
Scientific classification | |
| (unranked): | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | TSAR |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Infrakingdom: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Order: | Colpodellida Cavalier-Smith, 1993[1] |
| Families | |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colpodellida
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