Micronuclearia
Micronuclearia is a genus of free-living protozoa. While originally thought to be a nucleariid, as reflected in the name,[1] it is now inferred to be a member of the taxon Rigifilida,[3] and to belong to the 'CRuMs' assemblage (whereas nucleariids are opisthokonts).
| Micronuclearia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Opimoda |
| Clade: | CRuMs |
| Order: | Rigifilida |
| Genus: | Micronuclearia Mikrjukov and Mylnikov, 2001[1] |
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The type species is Micronuclearia podoventralis.[1]
References
- Mikrjukov, K. A. and Mylnikov, A. P. (2001). A study of the fine structure and the mitosis of a lamellicristate amoeba, Micronuclearia podoventralis gen. et sp. nov. (Nucleariidae, Rotosphaerida). European Journal of Protistology, 37: 15–24.
- 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.
- "Micronuclearia". Retrieved 2009-03-08.
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