Biology:Massisteria

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Short description: Genus of single-celled organisms

Massisteria
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Phylum: Cercozoa
Class: Granofilosea
Order: [[Biology:|Leucodictyida]]
Family: Massisteriidae
Genus: Massisteria
Larsen & Patterson, 1990[1]
Species
  • M. marina
  • M. voersi

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. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Some flagellates (Protista) from tropical marine sediments". Journal of Natural History 24 (4): 801–937. 1990. doi:10.1080/00222939000770571. 
  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. 
  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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