Massisteriidae

Massisteriidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Diaphoretickes
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Rhizaria
Phylum:	Cercozoa
Class:	Granofilosea
Order:	Leucodictyida
Family:	Massisteriidae Cavalier-Smith, 1993 [1]
Genera
Massisteria Minimassisteria

Massisteriidae is a family of granofilosean protists within the phylum Cercozoa. ^[2]

Taxonomy

Massisteriidae contains two genera:

• Massisteria Larsen & Patterson, 1990
  • Massisteria marina Larsen & Patterson, 1990
  • Massisteria voersi Mylnikov & Wylezich, 2015 ^[3]
• Minimassisteria Arndt & Cavalier-Smith, 2011
  • Minimassisteria diva Arndt & Cavalier-Smith, 2011 ^[4]

References

1. Cavalier-Smith T (September 1993). "The Protozoan Phylum Opalozoa". Eukaryotic Microbiology. 40 (5): 609–615. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.1993.tb06117.x. S2CID   84129692.
2. Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE (2003). "Phylogeny and Classification of Phylum Cercozoa (Protozoa)". Protist. 154 (3–4): 341–358. doi:10.1078/143446103322454112. ISSN   1434-4610.
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.
4. Howe AT, Bass D, Scoble JM, Lewis R, Vickerman K, Arndt H, Cavalier-Smith T (2011). "Novel Cultured Protists Identify Deep-branching Environmental DNA Clades of Cercozoa: New Genera Tremula, Micrometopion, Minimassisteria, Nudifila, Peregrinia". Protist. 162 (2): 332–372. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2010.10.002. ISSN   1434-4610.