Picozoa
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Picozoa | |
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File:Picomonas-judraskeda-Gen.-Et-Sp.-Nov.-The-First-Identified-Member-of-the-Picozoa-Phylum-Nov.-a-pone.0059565.s004.ogv | |
Movement of a Picomonas judraskeda cell | |
File:Picomonas-judraskeda-Gen.-Et-Sp.-Nov.-The-First-Identified-Member-of-the-Picozoa-Phylum-Nov.-a-pone.0059565.s005.ogv | |
Animation of the 3D structure of Picomonas judraskeda | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Phylum: | Picozoa Seenivasan, Sausen, Medlin, Melkonian, 2013[1] |
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Picozoa are a phylum of marine unicellular heterotrophic eukaryotes with a size of less than about 3 µm. The first species identified therein is Picomonas judraskeda.[1]
A study published in 2015 places this species in the Hacrobia.[2]
See also
References
- Data related to Picozoa at Wikispecies
- Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
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- ↑ Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE, Lewis R (2015) Multiple origins of Heliozoa from flagellate ancestors: New cryptist subphylum Corbihelia, superclass Corbistoma, and monophyly of Haptista, Cryptista, Hacrobia and Chromista. Mol Phylogenet Evol 93:331-362. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.07.004