Uniciliatida

Uniciliatida

Uniciliatida

Order of protists

Nanomonadea is a class of biciliate phagotrophic, non-photosynthetic free-living opalozoans, coontaining the sole order Uniciliatida.[2][1] This monophyletic group previously known as clade MAST-3 is characterized by a single hairless posterior cilium and absence of an anterior cilium.[1]

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Phylogeny

The cladogram below shows the relationships between Nanomonadea and the rest of Opalozoans.[1]

Opalozoa

Taxonomy

The taxonomy of Nanomonadea is as follows:[1]

  • Subphylum Opalozoa Cavalier-Smith 1999 stat. nov. 2006
    • Infraphylum Placidozoa Cavalier-Smith 2013
      • Superclass Wobblata Cavalier-Smith 2006 supercl. nov. 2013 (paraphyletic)
        • Class Nanomonadea Cavalier-Smith 2013
          • Order Uniciliatida Cavalier-Smith 2013
            • Family Solenicolidae Cavalier-Smith 2013 – Solenicola
            • Family Incisomonadidae Cavalier-Smith 2013 – Incisomonas

References

  1. [1]
    Cavalier-Smith, Thomas; Scoble, Josephine Margaret (2013). "Phylogeny of Heterokonta: Incisomonas marina, a uniciliate gliding opalozoan related to Solenicola (Nanomonadea), and evidence that Actinophryida evolved from raphidophytes". European Journal of Protistology. 49: 328–353. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2012.09.002.
  2. [2]
    Cavalier-Smith, Thomas (2017). "Kingdom Chromista and its eight phyla: a new synthesis emphasising periplastid protein targeting, cytoskeletal and periplastid evolution, and ancient divergences". Protoplasma. 255: 297–357. doi:10.1007/s00709-017-1147-3. PMC 5756292.
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