scotokaryotes scotokaryotes the scotokaryotes (cavalier-smith) is a proposed basal neokaryote clade as sister of the diaphoretickes. basal scotokaryote groupings are the metamonads, the malawimonas and the podiata. in this phylogeny the discoba are sometimes seen as paraphyletic and basal eukaryotes. scotokaryotes scientific classification domain: eukaryota clade: scotokaryotes clades loukozoa podiata synonyms opimoda derelle et al., 2015 an alternative to the unikont–bikont division was suggested by derelle et al. in 2015, where they proposed the acronyms opimoda–diphoda respectively, as substitutes to the older terms. the name opimoda is formed from the letters (shown in capitals) of opisthokonta and amoebozoa. in this phylogeny discoba belongs to the diphoda clade. taxonomy a proposed cladogram is eukaryota tsukubea discicristata euglenozoa percolozoa orthokaryotes jakobea neokaryotes corticata/diaphoretickes/ archaeplastida chromista hacrobia sar sar ha supergroup/bikont scotokaryotes/opimoda/neozoa metamonada malawimonas podiata crums amorphea/ amoebozoa obazoa breviata apusomonadida opisthokonta/choanozoa unikont