Nanofila
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| Nanofila | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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
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| Binomial name | |
| Nanofila marina Cavalier-Smith & Bass, 2009[1]
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| Type strain | |
| USNM51490 | |
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]
Morphology[edit]
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]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Bass D, Chao EE, Nikolaev S, Yabuki A, Ishida KI, Berney C, Pakzad U, Wylezich C, Cavalier-Smith T (2009). "Phylogeny of Novel Naked Filose and Reticulose Cercozoa: Granofilosea cl. n. and Proteomyxidea Revised". Protist. 160 (1): 75–109. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2008.07.002. ISSN 1434-4610. PMID 18952499.
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