Nanofila

Last updated

Nanofila
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Rhizaria
Phylum: Cercozoa
Class: Granofilosea
Order: Cryptofilida
Family: Nanofilidae
Cavalier-Smith & Bass, 2009
Genus: Nanofila
Cavalier-Smith & Bass, 2009
Species:
N. marina
Binomial name
Nanofila marina
Cavalier-Smith & Bass, 2009 [1]
Type strain
USNM51490

Nanofila (from Latin nanos'tiny' and fila'threads') is a genus of marine heterotrophic protists of the phylum Cercozoa. It is the only genus in the family Nanofilidae. It is a monotypic genus, with the sole species N. marina. [1]

Morphology

Nanofila are small amoebae with unbranched, granular filopodia. They lack cilia, have a spherical shape of around 3 μm in diameter, and extend about six extremely thin filopodia that lie flat against the substrate. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bass D, Chao EE, Nikolaev S, Yabuki A, Ishida KI, Berney C, Pakzad U, Wylezich C, Cavalier-Smith T (2009). "Phylogeny of Novel Naked Filose and Reticulose Cercozoa: Granofilosea cl. n. and Proteomyxidea Revised". Protist. 160 (1): 75–109. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2008.07.002. ISSN   1434-4610. PMID   18952499.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.