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Genus of marine protists From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nanofila (from Latin nanos 'tiny' and fila 'threads') is a genus of marine heterotrophic protists of the phylum Cercozoa. It is the only genus in the family Nanofilidae. It is a monotypic genus, with the sole species N. marina.[1]
Nanofila | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Phylum: | Cercozoa |
Class: | Granofilosea |
Order: | Cryptofilida |
Family: | Nanofilidae Cavalier-Smith & Bass, 2009 |
Genus: | Nanofila Cavalier-Smith & Bass, 2009 |
Species: | N. marina |
Binomial name | |
Nanofila marina Cavalier-Smith & Bass, 2009[1] | |
Type strain | |
USNM51490 |
Nanofila are small amoebae with unbranched, granular filopodia. They lack cilia, have a spherical shape of around 3 μm in diameter, and extend about six extremely thin filopodia that lie flat against the substrate.[1]
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