colpodellida colpodellida 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. however they do not fully ingest the prey, rather they absorb or suck the contents from the prey partially or fully. this method of sucking the contents from the prey is termed as mizocytosis. colpodellida colpodella vorax scientific classification domain: eukaryota clade: diaphoretickes clade: tsar clade: sar clade: alveolata phylum: apicomplexa order: colpodellidacavalier-smith, 1993 families colpodellidae