podiata podiata podiates (cavalier-smith, 2012, excl. ancyromonadida) are a proposed clade containing the amorphea (incl. opisthokonta, amoebozoa, apusomonads and breviates) and the organisms now assigned to the clade crums. ancyromonadida does not appear to have emerged in this grouping. sarcomastigota (cavalier-smith, 1983) is a proposed subkingdom (currently shown to be paraphyletic) that includes all the podiates that are not animals or fungi. sulcozoa (cavalier-smith, 2012) is a proposed phylum (currently shown to be paraphyletic) within sarcomastigota that does not include the phyla amoebozoa (clade) and choanozoa (paraphyletic), i.e. it includes the proposed subphyla apusozoa and varisulca scotokaryotes/ metamonada malawimonas podiata crums amorphea/ amoebozoa obazoa breviata apusomonadida opisthokonta unikont opimoda/neozoa podiata orange elephant ear sponge, agelas clathrodes, in foreground. two corals in the background: a sea fan, iciligorgia schrammi, and a sea rod, plexaurella nutans. scientific classification domain: eukaryota clade: opimoda clade: podiatacavalier-smith, 2012 subgroups crums amorphea varisulca