Commation
| Commation | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| (unranked): | incertae sedis |
| Order: | Commatiida Cavalier-Smith 1997 |
| Family: | Commatiidae Cavalier-Smith & Scoble 2013 |
| Genus: | Commation Thomsen & Larsen 1993 |
| Type species | |
| Commation eposianum Thomsen & Larsen 1993 | |
| Species | |
Commation is a genus of marine heterotrophic protists closely related to the actinophryids. It contains two species, Commation cryoporinum and Commation eposianum, discovered in antarctic waters and described in 1993. Currently, the genus is classified within a monotypic family Commatiidae and order Commatiida. Along with the actinophryids and photosynthetic raphidophytes, these organisms compose the class of stramenopiles known as Raphidomonadea.