Granofilosea is a class of cercozoan protists in the subphylum Reticulofilosa.[2] Out of the three groups that were traditionally considered heliozoans: the heliomonads, gymnosphaerids and desmothoracids, the latter were recently grouped into this new class.
The following cladogram shows the results of a 2011 phylogenetic analysis:[1]
Granofiloseanovel clade Gran-5
novel clade Gran-4
novel clades Gran-2 & 3
Cryptofilidanovel clade Gran-1
novel clade Gran-6
Granofilosea is a class of cercozoan protists in the subphylum Reticulofilosa. Out of the three groups that were traditionally considered heliozoans: the heliomonads, gymnosphaerids and desmothoracids, the latter were recently grouped into this new class.