Biology:Arachnula
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Phylum: | Endomyxa |
| Class: | Vampyrellidea |
| Order: | Vampyrellida |
| Family: | Vampyrellidae |
| Genus: | Arachnula Cienkowsky, 1876[1] |
Arachnula is a genus of amoeboid eukaryotes first described by Leon Cienkowski in 1876.[2]
Its phylogenetic position is a subject of some controversy. David Bass and colleagues considered it to be a vampyrellid within the Endomyxa clade of Rhizaria,[3] and the SSU rDNA sequence isolated from an organism described as Arachnula impatiens is indeed very close to that of the vampyrellid Theratromyxa.[4] The identification of this organism as Arachnula has, however, been questioned; and a separate amoeba identified as Arachnula by Yonas Isaak Tekle and colleagues groups in molecular phylogenies close to the amoebozoans Filamoeba and Flamella.[5] Which of these isolates corresponds to that originally described by Cienkowski is unresolved.
Notes
- ↑ Neave, Sheffield Airey, ed (1939). Nomenclator Zoologicus. 1. London: The Zoological Society of London. p. 271. http://www.ubio.org/NZ/PDF/Vol1/pg0271.png.
- ↑ Cienkowski L (1876). "Über einige Rhizopoden und verwandte Organismen". Arch Mikrosk Anat 12: 15–50. doi:10.1007/bf02933887. https://zenodo.org/record/1428428.
- ↑ "Phylogeny of novel naked Filose and Reticulose Cercozoa: Granofilosea cl. n. and Proteomyxidea revised". Protist 160 (1): 75–109. February 2009. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2008.07.002. PMID 18952499.
- ↑ "Shedding Light on Vampires: The Phylogeny of Vampyrellid Amoebae Revisited". PLOS ONE 7 (2): e31165. February 2012. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0031165. PMID 22355342. Bibcode: 2012PLoSO...731165H.
- ↑ Lahr D J G; Nguyen T; Lin J H; Katz L A (June 2011). "Comprehensive Phylogenetic Reconstruction of Amoebozoa Based on Concatenated Analyses of SSU-rDNA and Actin Genes". PLOS ONE 6 (7): e22780. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0022780. PMID 21829512. Bibcode: 2011PLoSO...622780L.
References
- Berney, Cédric. "Acachnula impatiens". London: The National History Museum. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/species-of-the-day/scientific-advances/bio-control/arachnula-impatiens/index.html. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
Wikidata ☰ Q4783589 entry
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