Mantamonas
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Mantamonads are a group of free-living heterotrophic flagellates that move primarily by gliding on surfaces (rather than swimming). They are classified as one genus Mantamonas in the monotypic family Mantamonadidae, order Mantamonadida and class Glissodiscea.[1] Previously, they were classified in Apusozoa as sister of the Apusmonadida on the basis of rRNA analyses.[2][4] However, mantamonads are currently placed in CRuMs on the basis of phylogenomic analyses that identify their closest relatives as the Diphylleida and Rigifilida.[5][6]
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Mantamonas | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Opimoda |
Clade: | CRuMs |
Class: | Glissodiscea Cavalier-Smith 2013 emend. 2021[1] |
Order: | Mantamonadida Cavalier-Smith 2011[2] |
Family: | Mantamonadidae Cavalier-Smith 2011[2] |
Genus: | Mantamonas Cavalier-Smith & Glücksman 2011[2] |
Type species | |
Mantamonas plastica Glücksman & Cavalier-Smith 2011[2] | |
Species | |
Diversity | |
3 species[3] |
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