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Nebulid

Nebulidia is a phylum of predatory microbial eukaryotes in the supergroup Provora. Known as nebulids, the group contains the class Alveidea, order Alveida, family Ancoracystidae, and genera Nebulomonas and Ancoracysta.

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Nebulid
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Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Disparia
Clade: Provora
Phylum: Nebulidia
Tikhonenkov et al., 2022
Class: Alveidea
Cavalier-Smith in Cavalier-Smith, Chao and Lewis, 2018
Order: Alveida
Cavalier-Smith in Cavalier-Smith, Chao and Lewis, 2018
Family: Ancoracystidae
Cavalier-Smith in Cavalier-Smith, Chao and Lewis, 2018
Type genus
Ancoracysta
Janouškovec et al., 2017
Genera

Nebulidia is a phylum of predatory microbial eukaryotes in the supergroup Provora. Known as nebulids, the group contains the class Alveidea, order Alveida, family Ancoracystidae, and genera Nebulomonas and Ancoracysta.123

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  1. Tikhonenkov, Denis V.; Mikhailov, Kirill V.; Gawryluk, Ryan M. R.; Belyaev, Artem O.; Mathur, Varsha; Karpov, Sergey A.; Zagumyonnyi, Dmitry G.; Borodina, Anastasia S.; Prokina, Kristina I.; Mylnikov, Alexander P.; Aleoshin, Vladimir V.; Keeling, Patrick J. (2022-12-07). "Microbial predators form a new supergroup of eukaryotes". Nature. 612 (7941): 714–719. Bibcode:2022Natur.612..714T. doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05511-5. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 36477531.
  2. Belyaev, Artem O.; Karpov, Sergey A.; Keeling, Patrick J.; Tikhonenkov, Denis V. (2024-12-18). "The nature of 'jaws': a new predatory representative of Provora and the ultrastructure of nibbling protists". Open Biology. 14 (12) 240158. doi:10.1098/rsob.240158. PMC 11651884. PMID 39689855.
  3. Ancoracystidae Cavalier-Smith in Cavalier-Smith, Chao & Lewis, 2018. Retrieved through: Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera on 21 December 2025.