Colpodella
| Colpodella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Division: | Chromerida |
| Class: | Colpodellophyceae |
| Order: | Colpodellida |
| Family: | Colpodellaceae |
| Genus: | Colpodella Cienkowski, 1865 |
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Colpodella is a genus of alveolates comprising five species, and two further possible species: They share all the synapomorphies of apicomplexans, but are free-living, rather than parasitic. Many members of this genus were previously assigned to a different genus - Spiromonas.
The type species is Colpodella pugnax Cienkowski 1865.