Octomitus

{{Short description|Genus of flagellates}}

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Octomitus is a genus of Excavata.

It includes the species Octomitus intestinalis.{{cite journal |vauthors=Keeling PJ, Brugerolle G |title=Evidence from SSU rRNA phylogeny that Octomitus is a sister lineage to Giardia |journal=Protist |volume=157 |issue=2 |pages=205–12 |date=June 2006 |pmid=16618550 |doi=10.1016/j.protis.2006.01.003 }}