Spongomonadida

Spongomonadida
Rhipidodendron splendidum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Rhizaria
Phylum: Cercozoa
Subphylum: Filosa
Class: Imbricatea
Order: Spongomonadida
Hibberd 1983
Family: Spongomonadidae
Karpov 1990
Genera

The spongomonads are a group of flagellated protists in the phylum Cercozoa. Taxonomically, they compose the family Spongomonadidae and order Spongomonadida. They were originally placed among the Reticulofilosa, but were later transferred to Monadofilosa. It includes only two genera:

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ David Bass & Thomas Cavalier-Smith (November 2004). "Phylum-specific environmental DNA analysis reveals remarkably high global biodiversity of Cercozoa (Protozoa)". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 54 (6): 2393–2404. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63229-0. PMID 15545489.
  3. ↑ Cavalier-Smith, Thomas; Chao, Ema E.; Lewis, Rhodri (April 2018). "Multigene phylogeny and cell evolution of chromist infrakingdom Rhizaria: contrasting cell organisation of sister phyla Cercozoa and Retaria". Protoplasma. 255 (5): 1517–1574. doi:10.1007/s00709-018-1241-1. PMC 6133090. PMID 29666938.