Micronuclearia is a genus of free-living protozoa containing the single species Micronuclearia podoventralis. 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, and to belong to the 'CRuMs' assemblage (whereas nucleariids are opisthokonts).

Micronuclearia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Opimoda
Clade: CRuMs
Class: Hilomonadea
Order: Rigifilida
Family: Micronucleariidae
Cavalier-Smith 2008[3]
Genus: Micronuclearia
Mikrjukov and Mylnikov 2001[1][2]
Type species
Micronuclearia podoventralis
Mikrjukov & Mylnikov 2001
Species
  • M. podoventralis

References

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  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE, Stechmann A, Oates B, Nikolaev S (2008). "Planomonadida ord. nov. (Apusozoa): Ultrastructural Affinity with Micronuclearia podoventralis and Deep Divergences within Planomonas gen. nov". Protist. 159 (4): 535–562. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2008.06.002. PMID 18723395.