Chelandium

Chelandium is a genus of phagotrophiceuglenids named after a Byzantine ship, chelandion. It contains a single species, Chelandium granulatum. It was discovered in marine sediment from a beach near Vancouver, Canada, and described in 2023. Cells of Chelandium have two flagella and glide on their longer posterior flagellum. Their cytoplasm contains numerous refractile granules, a characteristic reflected in the specific epithet granulatum.

According to phylogenetic analyses, it branches within , a paraphyletic group of euglenids with rigid cells. It is the sister group to the ploeotid .