Tetrahelia
| Tetrahelia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Pancryptista |
| Phylum: | Cryptista |
| Subphylum: | Endohelia Cavalier-Smith 2021 |
| Class: | Endohelea Cavalier-Smith in Yabuki et al. 2012 emend. Cavalier-Smith 2021 |
| Order: | Axomonadida Cavalier-Smith in Yabuki et al. 2012 emend. 2022 |
| Family: | Tetraheliidae Cavalier-Smith 2022 |
| Genus: | Tetrahelia Cavalier-Smith 2022 |
| Species: | T. pterbica
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| Binomial name | |
| Tetrahelia pterbica (Mikrjukov & Patterson 2000) Cavalier-Smith 2022
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| Synonyms | |
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Tetradimorpha pterbica Mikrjukov & Patterson in Mikrjukov 2000 | |
Tetrahelia (from Latin tetra- 'four' and helio- 'sun') is a genus of four-ciliated heterotrophic heliozoan protist. It is the only genus in the family Tetraheliidae, order Axomonadida, class Endohelea and subphylum Endohelia. It is a monotypic genus, containing the sole species Tetrahelia pterbica, previously classified as Tetradimorpha pterbica.