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Pancryptista

Pancryptista is a clade that includes the Cryptista as well as the Endohelea. Phylogenomic analyses from 2022 suggest the Microheliella is sister to the Cryptista, forming the clade called Pancryptista, which would be sister to the Archaeplastida, forming the CAM clade. Tetrahelia is the sister of Microheliella. Pancryptista is synonymous with the Cryptista name used by Cavalier-Smith in 2022.

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Pancryptista
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Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: CAM
Clade: Pancryptista
Yazaki et al., 2022
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Pancryptista is a clade that includes the Cryptista as well as the Endohelea. Phylogenomic analyses from 2022 suggest the Microheliella is sister to the Cryptista, forming the clade called Pancryptista, which would be sister to the Archaeplastida, forming the CAM clade. Tetrahelia is the sister of Microheliella. Pancryptista is synonymous with the Cryptista name used by Cavalier-Smith in 2022.123

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  1. Cavalier-Smith, Thomas (January 2018). "Kingdom Chromista and its eight phyla: a new synthesis emphasising periplastid protein targeting, cytoskeletal and periplastid evolution, and ancient divergences". Protoplasma. 255 (1): 297–357. doi:10.1007/s00709-017-1147-3. PMC 5756292. PMID 28875267.
  2. Yazaki, Euki; Yabuki, Akinori; Imaizumi, Ayaka; Kume, Keitaro; Hashimoto, Tetsuo; Inagaki, Yuji (13 April 2022). "The closest lineage of Archaeplastida is revealed by phylogenomics analyses that include Microheliella maris". Open Biology. 12 (4) 210376. doi:10.1098/rsob.210376. PMC 9006020. PMID 35414259.
  3. Cavalier-Smith, Thomas (1 May 2022). "Ciliary transition zone evolution and the root of the eukaryote tree: implications for opisthokont origin and classification of kingdoms Protozoa, Plantae, and Fungi". Protoplasma. 259 (3): 487–593. doi:10.1007/s00709-021-01665-7. ISSN 1615-6102. PMC 9010356. PMID 34940909.