Biology:Nanofila
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Short description: Genus of marine protists
| Nanofila | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Phylum: | Cercozoa |
| Class: | Granofilosea |
| Order: | Cryptofilida |
| Family: | Nanofilidae Cavalier-Smith & Bass, 2009 |
| Genus: | Nanofila Cavalier-Smith & Bass, 2009 |
| Species: | N. marina
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| Binomial name | |
| Nanofila marina Cavalier-Smith & Bass, 2009[1]
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| Type strain | |
| USNM51490 | |
Nanofila (from lat nanos 'tiny', and fila 'threads') is a genus of marine heterotrophic protists of the phylum Cercozoa. It is the only genus in the family Nanofilidae. It is a monotypic genus, with the sole species N. marina.[1]
Morphology
Nanofila are small amoebae with unbranched, granular filopodia. They lack cilia, have a spherical shape of around 3 μm in diameter, and extend about six extremely thin filopodia that lie flat against the substrate.[1]
References
Wikidata ☰ {{{from}}} entry
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