Diplonema

Diplonema
Scanning electron micrograph of Diplonema papillatum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked):	Excavata
Phylum:	Euglenozoa
Class:	Diplonemea
Order:	Diplonemida
Family:	Diplonemidae
Genus:	Diplonema Griessmann 1913
Type species
Diplonema breviciliatum Griessmann 1913
Species
D. aggregatumTashyreva et al. 2018 D. ambulatorLarsen & Patterson 1990 D. breviciliatumGriessmann 1913 D. japonicumTashyreva et al. 2018 D. nigricans(Schuster, Goldstein & Hershenow 1968) Triemer & Ott 1990 D. papillatum(Porter 1973) Triemer & Ott 1990 D. metabolicumLarsen & Patterson1990
Synonyms
IsonemaSchuster, Goldstein & Hershenow 1968 non Brown non Cassini 1817 non Maas 1909 non Meek & Worthen 1865 non Hall 1891 LackeymonasSkvortzov 1969 TeixeiramonasSkvortzov 1969  ?FlagellamonasSkvortzov 1969  ?KolbeanaSkvortzov 1966 ex Skvortzov 1972  ?LowymonasSkvortzov 1969  ?MilaneziamonasSkvortzov 1969  ?SpiraSkvortzov 1969 non Bastian 1865 non Brown 1844 DiplosonemaDoweld, 2001 [1]

This article is about a genus of protists. For the genus of insects alternatively known as Diplonema, see Trichomyia.

Diplonema is a genus of free-living organisms in the Euglenozoa. They are distinguished from Rhynchopus in Class Diplonemea by the absence of a fully flagellate dispersive stage.

Characteristics

Diplonema feature two short flagella of equal length and two subapical openings. Most are free living, but there have been reported cases of infection in clams and sudden decomposition of aquarium plants. It was described initially in 1913 and later rediscovered in the 60s and called Isonema, wrongly classified among euglenids. ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. Doweld, Alexander Borissovitch (2001). Prosyllabus Tracheophytorum. Tentamen systematis plantarum vascularium (Tracheophyta). Moscow: Geos. LXXX + 110 pp. ISBN   5-89118-283-1.
2. W. Marande, J. Lukeš y G. Burger, Unique Mitochondrial Genome Structure in Diplonemids, the Sister Group of Kinetoplastids, Eukaryot Cell. 2005 June; 4(6): 1137–1146.
3. Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2007. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. , Fecha de acceso: 7 de Febrero del 2016.