Uniciliatida

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Uniciliatida
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Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Bigyra
Subphylum: Opalozoa
Infraphylum: Placidozoa
Superclass: Wobblata
Class: Nanomonadea
Cavalier-Smith (2013)
Order: Uniciliatida
Cavalier-Smith (2013) [1]
Families

Nanomonadea is a class of biciliate phagotrophic, non-photosynthetic free-living opalozoans, containing the sole order Uniciliatida. [2] [1] This monophyletic group previously known as clade MAST-3 is characterized by a single hairless posterior cilium and absence of an anterior cilium. [1]

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Phylogeny

The cladogram below shows the relationships between Nanomonadea and the rest of Opalozoans. [1]

Opalozoa

Taxonomy

The taxonomy of Nanomonadea is as follows: [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Cavalier-Smith, Thomas; Scoble, Josephine Margaret (2013). "Phylogeny of Heterokonta: Incisomonas marina, a uniciliate gliding opalozoan related to Solenicola (Nanomonadea), and evidence that Actinophryida evolved from raphidophytes". European Journal of Protistology. 49: 328–353. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2012.09.002.
  2. Cavalier-Smith, Thomas (2017). "Kingdom Chromista and its eight phyla: a new synthesis emphasising periplastid protein targeting, cytoskeletal and periplastid evolution, and ancient divergences". Protoplasma. 255: 297–357. doi: 10.1007/s00709-017-1147-3 . PMC   5756292 .