Petalomonadida

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Petalomonadida
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Petalomonas mediocannellata var. disomata. Scale bar: 10 μm.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Discoba
Phylum: Euglenozoa
Class: Euglenida
Order: Petalomonadida
Cavalier-Smith 1993
Genera

Petalomonadida is an order of euglenids, single-celled eukaryotes with one or two flagella and a pellicle of proteinaceous strips. They use their longer anterior flagellum for gliding along the surface. [1] They are one of the most abundant groups of phagotrophic euglenids. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Kostygov, Alexei Y.; Karnkowska, Anna; Votýpka, Jan; Tashyreva, Daria; Maciszewski, Kacper; et al. (2021). "Euglenozoa: taxonomy, diversity and ecology, symbioses and viruses". Open Biology. 11 (3) 200407. doi:10.1098/rsob.200407. PMC   8061765 . PMID   33715388.
  2. ↑ Lax, Gordon; Simpson, Alastair G.B. (16 August 2020). "The Molecular Diversity of Phagotrophic Euglenids Examined Using Single-cell Methods". Protist. 171 (5) 125757. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2020.125757.
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