Massisteria

Massisteria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Diaphoretickes
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Rhizaria
Phylum:	Cercozoa
Class:	Granofilosea
Order:	Leucodictyida
Family:	Massisteriidae
Genus:	Massisteria ; Larsen & Patterson, 1990
Species
	M. marina ; M. voersi ;

Last updated May 13, 2025

Massisteria is a genus of Cercozoa.^[2] They are naked protists with a central cell body from which several delicately thin and stiff pseudopodia extend, each one bearing a small number of granules. Their pseudopodia remain adhered to the substrate, as is typical among leucodictyids. The cell body has two flagella that, during feeding, are held in place.^[1]

Taxonomy

The genus has two described species:

Massisteria marina Larsen & Patterson, 1990^[1]
Massisteria voersi Mylnikov et al., 2015^[3]

References

1 2 3 Larsen K, Patterson DJ (1990). "Some flagellates (Protista) from tropical marine sediments". Journal of Natural History. 24 (4): 801–937. doi:10.1080/00222939000770571.
↑ Thomas Cavalier-Smith & Ema E.-Y. Chao (October 2003). "Phylogeny and classification of phylum Cercozoa (Protozoa)". Protist . 154 (3–4): 341–358. doi:10.1078/143446103322454112. PMID 14658494.
↑ Mylnikov, Alexander P.; Weber, Felix; Jürgens, Klaus; Wylezich, Claudia (2015-08-01). "Massisteria marina has a sister: Massisteria voersi sp. nov., a rare species isolated from coastal waters of the Baltic Sea". European Journal of Protistology. 51 (4): 299–310. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2015.05.002. ISSN 1618-0429. PMID 26163290.

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[Larsen_and_Patterson_1990-1] 1 2 3 Larsen K, Patterson DJ (1990). "Some flagellates (Protista) from tropical marine sediments". Journal of Natural History. 24 (4): 801–937. doi:10.1080/00222939000770571.

[Cercozoa2003-2] Thomas Cavalier-Smith & Ema E.-Y. Chao (October 2003). "Phylogeny and classification of phylum Cercozoa (Protozoa)". Protist . 154 (3–4): 341–358. doi:10.1078/143446103322454112. PMID 14658494.

[Massisteria2015-3] Mylnikov, Alexander P.; Weber, Felix; Jürgens, Klaus; Wylezich, Claudia (2015-08-01). "Massisteria marina has a sister: Massisteria voersi sp. nov., a rare species isolated from coastal waters of the Baltic Sea". European Journal of Protistology. 51 (4): 299–310. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2015.05.002. ISSN 1618-0429. PMID 26163290.

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