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Apusomonas

Apusomonas is a genus of Apusozoa erected by A. G. Aléxéieff in 1924.

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Length
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Source
Apusomonas
Apusomonas sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Obazoa
Class: Thecomonadea
Order: Apusomonadida
Family: Apusomonadidae
Subfamily: Apusomonadinae
Genus: Apusomonas
Aléxéieff, 1924
Type species
Apusomonas proboscidea
Aléxéieff, 1924
Species
  • A. australiensis Ekelund & Patterson 1997
  • A. proboscidea Aléxéieff 1924
Synonyms
  • Rostromonas Karpov & Zhukov, 19801

Apusomonas is a genus of Apusozoa erected by A. G. Aléxéieff in 1924.2

It includes the species Apusomonas proboscidea.3

References

References

  1. Karpov, Serguey A. (2007). "The flagellar apparatus structure of Apusomonas proboscidea and apusomonad relationships". Protistology. 5 (2–3): 146–155.
  2. Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE (May 2003). "Phylogeny of choanozoa, apusozoa, and other protozoa and early eukaryote megaevolution". Journal of Molecular Evolution. 56 (5): 540–63. Bibcode:2003JMolE..56..540C. doi:10.1007/s00239-002-2424-z. PMID 12698292.
  3. Kim E, Simpson AG, Graham LE (December 2006). "Evolutionary relationships of apusomonads inferred from taxon-rich analyses of 6 nuclear encoded genes". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 23 (12): 2455–66. doi:10.1093/molbev/msl120. PMID 16982820.