Biology:Massisteriidae

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Massisteriidae
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Phylum: Cercozoa
Class: Granofilosea
Order: [[Biology:|Leucodictyida]]
Family: Massisteriidae
Cavalier-Smith, 1993[1]
Genera

Massisteriidae is a family of granofilosean protists within the phylum Cercozoa.[2]

Taxonomy

Massisteriidae contains two genera:

  • Massisteria Larsen & Patterson, 1990
    • Massisteria marina Larsen & Patterson, 1990
    • Massisteria voersi Mylnikov & Wylezich, 2015[3]
  • Minimassisteria Arndt & Cavalier-Smith, 2011
    • Minimassisteria diva Arndt & Cavalier-Smith, 2011[4]

References

  1. "The Protozoan Phylum Opalozoa". Eukaryotic Microbiology 40 (5): 609–615. September 1993. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.1993.tb06117.x. 
  2. "Phylogeny and Classification of Phylum Cercozoa (Protozoa)". Protist 154 (3–4): 341–358. 2003. doi:10.1078/143446103322454112. ISSN 1434-4610. 
  3. Mylnikov, Alexander P.; Weber, Felix; Jürgens, Klaus; Wylezich, Claudia (2015-08-01). "Massisteria marina has a sister: Massisteria voersi sp. nov., a rare species isolated from coastal waters of the Baltic Sea". European Journal of Protistology 51 (4): 299–310. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2015.05.002. ISSN 1618-0429. PMID 26163290. 
  4. "Novel Cultured Protists Identify Deep-branching Environmental DNA Clades of Cercozoa: New Genera Tremula, Micrometopion, Minimassisteria, Nudifila, Peregrinia". Protist 162 (2): 332–372. 2011. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2010.10.002. ISSN 1434-4610. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q18606816 entry