Cryptista | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
(unranked): |
Cryptista Cavalier-Smith 1989 em. Cavalier-Smith 2015 |
Classes & Orders | |
Cryptista is a clade of eukaryotes. It is sometimes placed along with Haptista in the group Hacrobia, within the kingdom Chromista. However, in 2016, a broad phylogenomic study found that cryptists fall within the group Archaeplastida, while haptophytes are closely related to the SAR supergroup.
Based on studies done by Cavalier-Smith, Chao & Lewis 2015