Paracercomonada

Paracercomonadidae

Paracercomonadidae

Family of protists


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]

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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

  1. Cavalier-Smith, Thomas; Chao, Ema E.; Lewis, Rhodri (April 2018). "Multigene phylogeny and cell evolution of chromist infrakingdom Rhizaria: contrasting cell organisation of sister phyla Cercozoa and Retaria". Protoplasma. 255 (5): 1517–1574. doi:10.1007/s00709-018-1241-1. PMC 6133090. PMID 29666938.



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