Andalucia (genus)
Genus of jakobids From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Andalucia is a genus of jakobids, currently containing the sole species A. godoyi.[1] It has a worldwide distribution.[1]
| Andalucia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Class: | Jakobea |
| Order: | Jakobida |
| Family: | Andaluciidae Cavalier-Smith 2013 |
| Genus: | Andalucia Lara et al. 2006 |
| Species: | A. godoyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Andalucia godoyi Lara et al. 2006 | |
Classification
The morphology of Andalucia broadly resembles that of other jakobids. Molecular data has not always been conclusive, but recent phylogenomic analyses indicate that Andalucia is a sister group to the other jakobids, or, in other words, more closely related to them than to the Heterolobosea or Euglenozoa (the other two groups in the Discoba).[2] The α-tubulin gene of Andalucia more closely resembles that of opisthokonts and diplomonads than its closer relatives, the apparent result of horizontal gene transfer.[3]
As of 2015, the soil heterotroph Andalucia godoyi is the only described species in the genus. The species Andalucia incarcerata, living in sulfide-rich marine intertidal sediments,[3] was transferred to the genus Stygiella in 2015.
Analysis of DNA sequences from the environment suggests at least two additional species that have not been isolated or formally described.[3]
References
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.