Uniciliatida

Uniciliatida
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Diaphoretickes
Clade:	SAR
Clade:	Stramenopiles
Phylum:	Bigyra
Subphylum:	Opalozoa
Infraphylum:	Placidozoa
Superclass:	Wobblata
Class:	Nanomonadea Cavalier-Smith (2013)
Order:	Uniciliatida Cavalier-Smith (2013)[1]
Families
Solenicolidae Incisomonadidae

Nanomonadea is a class of biciliate phagotrophic, non-photosynthetic free-living opalozoans, containing the sole order Uniciliatida.[2][1] This monophyletic group previously known as clade MAST-3 is characterized by a single hairless posterior cilium and absence of an anterior cilium.[1]

Phylogeny

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

Opalozoa	Placidozoa Opalinata Opalinea Blastocystea Opalomonadea   Nanomonadea Placididea Bikosea Pseudodendromonadida Bicoecida Anoecida Borokida Rictida	"Wobblata"

Taxonomy

The taxonomy of Nanomonadea is as follows:[1]

• Subphylum Opalozoa Cavalier-Smith 1999 stat. nov. 2006
  • Infraphylum Placidozoa Cavalier-Smith 2013
    • Superclass Wobblata Cavalier-Smith 2006 supercl. nov. 2013 (paraphyletic)
      • Class Nanomonadea Cavalier-Smith 2013
        • Order Uniciliatida Cavalier-Smith 2013
          • Family Solenicolidae Cavalier-Smith 2013 – Solenicola
          • Family Incisomonadidae Cavalier-Smith 2013 – Incisomonas

References

1. Cavalier-Smith, Thomas; Scoble, Josephine Margaret (2013). "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: 328–353. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2012.09.002.
2. Cavalier-Smith, Thomas (2017). "Kingdom Chromista and its eight phyla: a new synthesis emphasising periplastid protein targeting, cytoskeletal and periplastid evolution, and ancient divergences". Protoplasma. 255: 297–357. doi:10.1007/s00709-017-1147-3. PMC 5756292.