Gefionella is a genus of excavate protists belonging to the family Malawimonadidae, a basal group in the evolution of eukaryotes.[2] It is a monotypic genus, with only the species Gefionella okellyi, described in 2018. The genus is named after the Norse goddess Gefjon, while the species is named after the scientist Charles J. O'Kelly, a pioneer in the ultrastructural and phylogenetic investigation of excavate flagellates.[1]
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| Gefionella okellyi light microscopy | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Malawimonada |
| Phylum: | Malawimonada |
| Class: | Malawimonadea |
| Order: | Malawimonadida |
| Family: | Malawimonadidae |
| Genus: | Gefionella |
| Species: | G. okellyi
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| Gefionella okellyi Heiss, Ekelund & Simpson 2018[1]
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References
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- ^ a b Heiss AA, KoliskoM, Ekelund F, Brown MW, Roger AJ, Simpson AGB (2018). "Combined morphological and phylogenomic re-examination of malawimonads, a critical taxon for inferring the evolutionary history of eukaryotes". R. Soc. Open Sci. 5 (171707): 171707. doi:10.1098/rsos.171707. PMC 5936906. PMID 29765641. S2CID 21689695.
- ^ Adl SM, Bass D, Lane CE, Lukeš J, Schoch CL, Smirnov A, Agatha S, Berney C, Brown MW, Burki F, Cárdenas P, Čepička I, Chistyakova L, del Campo J, Dunthorn M, Edvardsen B, Eglit Y, Guillou L, Hampl V, Heiss AA, Hoppenrath M, James TY, Karnkowska A, Karpov S, Kim E, Kolisko M, Kudryavtsev A, Lahr DJG, Lara E, Le Gall L, Lynn DH, Mann DG, Massana R, Mitchell EAD, Morrow C, Park JS, Pawlowski JW, Powell MJ, Richter DJ, Rueckert S, Shadwick L, Shimano S, Spiegel FW, Torruella G, Youssef N, Zlatogursky V, Zhang Q (2019). "Revisions to the Classification, Nomenclature, and Diversity of Eukaryotes". Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 66 (1): 4–119. doi:10.1111/jeu.12691. PMC 6492006. PMID 30257078.
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