Opalomonadea

Opalomonadea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Bigyra
Superclass: Wobblata
Class: Opalomonadea
Cavalier-Smith 2013[1]
Species

None yet described

Opalomonadea is a class of biciliate phagotrophic opalozoans with an anterior hairy cilium, often from anaerobic habitats.[1] It is a monophyletic group previously known as clade MAST-12, sister to Opalinata.[1] This group was discovered through marine environmental DNA samples; no species have yet been described or cultured.[2]

Phylogeny

The cladogram below shows the relationships between Opalomonadea and the rest of Opalozoans.[1]

Opalozoa

References

  1. ^ a b c d Cavalier-Smith, Thomas; Scoble, Josephine Margaret (2012). "Phylogeny of Heterokonta: Incisomonas marina, a uniciliate gliding opalozoan related to Solenicola (Nanomonadea), and evidence that Actinophryida evolved from raphidophytes". European Journal of Protistology. 49 (3): 328–353. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2012.09.002. PMID 23219323.
  2. ^ Kolodziej, Karolina; Stoeck, Thorsten (2007). "Cellular Identification of a Novel Uncultured Marine Stramenopile (MAST-12 Clade) Small-Subunit rRNA Gene Sequence from a Norwegian Estuary by Use of Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization-Scanning Electron Microscopy". Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 73 (8): 2718–2726. Bibcode:2007ApEnM..73.2718K. doi:10.1128/AEM.02158-06. PMC 1855578. PMID 17293516.