Biology:Gefionella
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Short description: Genus of protists
| Gefionella | |
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| Gefionella okellyi light microscopy | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Phylum: | Malawimonada |
| Class: | Malawimonadea |
| Order: | Malawimonadida |
| Family: | Malawimonadidae |
| Genus: | Gefionella Heiss, Ekelund & Simpson 2018[1] |
| Type species | |
| Gefionella okellyi Heiss, Ekelund & Simpson 2018
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| AMNH_IZC 00267131 | |
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Gefionella is a genus of excavate protists belonging to the family Malawimonadidae, a basal group in the evolution of eukaryotes.[2] It is a monotypic genus, with only the species Gefionella okellyi, described in 2018. The genus is named after the Norse goddess Gefjon, while the species is named after the scientist Charles J. O'Kelly, a pioneer in the ultrastructural and phylogenetic investigation of excavate flagellates.[1]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Combined morphological and phylogenomic re-examination of malawimonads, a critical taxon for inferring the evolutionary history of eukaryotes". R. Soc. Open Sci. 5 (171707): 171707. 2018. doi:10.1098/rsos.171707. PMID 29765641.
- ↑ "Revisions to the Classification, Nomenclature, and Diversity of Eukaryotes". Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 66 (1): 4–119. 2019. doi:10.1111/jeu.12691. PMID 30257078.
Wikidata ☰ Q117237949 entry
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