Massisteriidae

Massisteriidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Rhizaria
Phylum: Cercozoa
Subphylum: Filosa
Class: Granofilosea
Order: Leucodictyida
Family: Massisteriidae
Cavalier-Smith 1993
Type genus
Massisteria
Larsen & Patterson 1990
Genera
Diversity
3 species
Synonyms
  • "Massisteridae" Cavalier-Smith 1993

Massisteriidae is a family of granofilosean protists within the phylum Cercozoa.

Taxonomy

Massisteriidae contains two genera:

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.