Carpediemonas
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| Carpediemonas | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Protista |
| (unranked): | Excavata |
| Phylum: | Metamonada |
| Class: | Carpediemonadea |
| Order: | Carpediemonadida |
| Genus: | Carpediemonas |
| Species | |
Carpediemonas is a genus of protozoa. The known species, Carpediemonas membranifera, is a small flagellate that was originally isolated from anaerobic intertidal sediment. The group is related, distantly, to diplomonads [1][2]
[edit] References
- ^ Cavalier-Smith T (November 2003). "The excavate protozoan phyla Metamonada Grassé emend. (Anaeromonadea, Parabasalia, Carpediemonas, Eopharyngia) and Loukozoa emend. (Jakobea, Malawimonas): their evolutionary affinities and new higher taxa". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 53 (Pt 6): 1741–58. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.02548-0. PMID 14657102. http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=14657102.
- ^ Simpson AG, Roger AJ, Silberman JD, et al (October 2002). "Evolutionary history of "early-diverging" eukaryotes: the excavate taxon Carpediemonas is a close relative of Giardia". Mol. Biol. Evol. 19 (10): 1782–91. PMID 12270904. http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=12270904.
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