| Cutosea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Phylum: | Amoebozoa |
| Clade: | Evosea |
| Superclass: | Cutosa Cavalier-Smith, 2016[1] |
| Class: | Cutosea Cavalier-Smith, 2016[1] |
| Order: | Squamocutida Cavalier-Smith, 2016[1] |
| Families[1] | |
| Diversity | |
| 4 species | |
Cutosea (from Latin cutis 'skin') is a small group of marine amoeboid protists proposed in 2016. It is a monotypic class of Amoebozoa containing the order Squamocutida (from Latin squama 'scale' and cutis 'skin'). Cutosean organisms are characterized by a cell coat of microscales separated from the cell membrane. Four genera, Armaparvus, Idionectes, Sapocribrum and Squamamoeba, belong to this group, distributed in three families.