Percolomonas is a genus of free-living flagellate Heteroloboseans, forming a clade with Stephanopogon.[2]
The genus includes six described species (see infobox). However, P. cosmopolitus is likely a species complex containing multiple cryptic species of extremely similar morphology but significant genetic divergence.[3]
References
^Yubuki, N.; Leander, B. (2008). "Ultrastructure and molecular phylogeny of Stephanopogon minuta: an enigmatic microeukaryote from marine interstitial environments". European Journal of Protistology. 44 (4): 241–253. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2007.12.001. PMID18403188.
^Cavalier-Smith, T.; Nikolaev, S. (2008). "The zooflagellates Stephanopogon and Percolomonas are a clade (class Percolatea: Phylum Percolozoa)". The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 55 (6): 501–509. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2008.00356.x. PMID19120795. S2CID29425736.