Natomonadida

Natomonadida
Astasia kathemerios
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): incertae sedis
Clade: Discoba
Phylum: Euglenozoa
Division: Euglenophyta
Clade: Anisonemia
Order: Natomonadida
Cavalier-Smith 2016
Subgroups

Natomonadida is an order of euglenids, free-living flagellates. It contains a group of osmotrophs, the Aphagea, which have lost the ability to ingest food, as well as one genus of phagotrophs, Neometanema. Members of this order move primarily by swimming freely, although some species of aphageans perform a gliding motility.[1][2]

References

  1. โ†‘ Cavalier-Smith, Thomas (October 2016). "Higher classification and phylogeny of Euglenozoa". European Journal of Protistology. 56: 250โ€“276. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2016.09.003. PMID 27889663.
  2. โ†‘ Lax, G.; Kolisko, M.; Eglit, Y.; Lee, W.J.; Yubuki, N.; et al. (June 2021). "Multigene phylogenetics of euglenids based on single-cell transcriptomics of diverse phagotrophs". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 159 107088. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107088. PMID 33545276.