Biology:Paracercomonadidae

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Short description: Family of protists

Paracercomonadidae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Phylum: Cercozoa
Superclass: Ventrifilosa
Class: Sarcomonadea
Subclass: Paracercomonada
Cavalier-Smith, 2018[1]
Order: Paracercomonadida
Cavalier-Smith, 2018
Family: Paracercomonadidae
Cavalier-Smith, 2012
Genera
  • Paracercomonas
  • Nucleocercomonas
  • Metabolomonas
  • Brevimastigomonas
  • Phytocercomonas

The paracercomonads are a group of cercozoan protists.[2] Taxonomically, they comprise the family Paracercomonadidae, order Paracercomonadida and subclass Paracercomonada. Due to their morphological similarities to the cercomonads, members of this family were grouped with Cercomonas and similar taxa from the beginning. However, their similarities are due to convergent evolution.[1]

Classification

There are currently 5 genera of paracercomonads:[1]

  • Brevimastigomonas Arndt, Nitsche, Brabender, Domonell & Kiss, 2012[3]
  • Metabolomonas Arndt, Nitsche, Brabender, Domonell & Kiss, 2012[3]
  • Nucleocercomonas Arndt, Nitsche, Brabender, Domonell & Kiss, 2012[3]
  • Paracercomonas Cavalier-Smith & Bass, 2006[4]
  • Phytocercomonas Braithwaite, 2013[5]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q115803945 entry