Biology:Rigifila
From HandWiki
(Redirected from Biology:Rigifilidae)
Short description: Genus of protozoans
| Rigifila | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Opimoda |
| Clade: | CRuMs |
| Class: | Hilomonadea |
| Order: | Rigifilida |
| Family: | Rigifilidae Yabuki & Cavalier-Smith 2012 |
| Genus: | Rigifila Yabuki & Cavalier-Smith 2012[1] |
| Species: | R. ramosa
|
| Binomial name | |
| Rigifila ramosa | |
Rigifila ramosa is one of the two members of the Rigifilida. It differs from the other member Micronuclearia podoventralis by having two pellicular layers covering the cell instead of a single one. Dorsal filopodia are also thicker and more conspicuous than in Micronuclearia.[2]
References
- ↑ Cavalier-Smith, Thomas (2013). "Early evolution of eukaryote feeding modes, cell structural diversity, and classification of the protozoan phyla Loukozoa, Sulcozoa, and Choanozoa". European Journal of Protistology 49 (2): 115–178. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2012.06.001. PMID 23085100.
- ↑ Yabuki, A., Ishida, K-I., Cavalier-Smith, T. (2013) Rigifila ramosa n. gen., n. sp., a Filose Apusozoan with a Distinctive Pellicle, is Related to Micronuclearia. Protist 164, 75-88.
Wikidata ☰ Q16934875 entry
 |  |
