Discicristata
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Discicristata is a proposed eukaryotic clade.

It consists of Euglenozoa
Euglenozoa
The Euglenozoa are a large group of flagellate protozoa. They include a variety of common free-living species, as well as a few important parasites, some of which infect humans. There are two main subgroups, the euglenids and kinetoplastids...

 plus Percolozoa
Percolozoa
The Percolozoa are a group of colourless protozoa, including many that can transform between amoeboid, flagellate, and encysted stages.-Terminology and classification:...

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It was proposed that Discicristata plus Cercozoa
Cercozoa
The Cercozoa are a group of protists. They are sometimes described as a kingdom.-Characteristics:The group includes most amoeboids and flagellates that feed by means of filose pseudopods. These may be restricted to part of the cell surface, but there is never a true cytostome or mouth as found in...

 yielded Cabozoa
Cabozoa
In the classification of eukaryotes , Cabozoa was a taxon proposed by Cavalier-Smith.It was a putative clade comprising the Rhizaria and Excavata. More recent research tends to place the Rhizaria with the Alveolata and heterokonts instead of the Excavata, however....

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