euglyphia (protist) euglyphia (protist) euglyphia is a group of imbricate protists in the phylum cercozoa. they are unicellular eukaryotes characterized by a cell body covered in large imbricate scales, and an apical aperture through which they extend either filose pseudopodia or two cilia of different sizes that are not used for gliding. euglyphia euglypha scientific classification domain: eukaryota clade: diaphoretickes clade: sar phylum: cercozoa class: imbricatea subclass: placonuda superorder: euglyphiacavalier-smith, 2018 orders euglyphida zoelucasida classification euglyphia is composed of 2 orders and 7 families, with a total of 14 different genera. order euglyphida copeland, 1956 emend. cavalier-smith, 1987 family euglyphidae wallich, 1864 – euglypha family trinematidae hoogenraad & de groot, 1940 – corythion, trinema family sphenoderiidae chatelain et al., 2013 – sphenoderia, trachelocorythion family assulinidae lara et al., 2006 – assulina, placocista family cyphoderiidae de saedeleer, 1934 – cyphoderia, corothionella, pseudocorythion family paulinellidae de saedeleer, 1934 – paulinella, ovulinata, micropyxidiella order zoelucasida cavalier-smith, 2014 family zoelucasidae cavalier-smith, 2014 – zoelucasa