title: Corticata
text: # Corticata
  
  Corticata ("one with a cortex"), in the classification of eukaryotes (living organisms with a cell nucleus), is a clade suggested by Thomas Cavalier-Smith to encompass the eukaryote supergroups of the following two groups:
  
  * Plantae, or Archaeplastida (plants, red algae, green algae, and glaucophytes)
  * Chromalveolata (a group including kelp, water moulds, ciliates, dinoflagellates, and other organisms)
  
  Cavalier-Smith currently includes Rhizaria as well, resulting in an equivalency to Diaphoretickes.
  
  