Heteromitidae

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Heteromitidae
Systematics
without rank: Diaphoreticks
without rank: Sar
without rank: Rhizaria
without rank: Cercozoa
Order : Cercomonadida
Family : Heteromitidae
Scientific name
Heteromitidae
Kent , 1880

The Heteromitidae are a family of heterotrophic flagellates and are assigned to the Cercozoa .

features

The Heteromitidae are free-living flagellates with a solid, defined body, from which pseudopodia are only occasionally formed. The pseudopodia are used for food intake ( phagocytosis ), not for locomotion. The cell body is usually egg-shaped, sometimes oblong. They have two subapical flagella , whereby the anterior flagella can also be absent. Locomotion is often a slide on the posterior flagella. Only kinetocysts are formed as extrusomes .

In contrast to the related family Cercomonadidae , the Heteromitidae lack Plasmodia stages and microtubule cones.

Systematics

The Heteromitidae are one of the two families of the Cercomonadida and can be distinguished from the Cercomonadidae both molecularly and morphologically. The family includes the following genera:

A synonym for the family is Bodomorphidae Hollande, 1952.

supporting documents

  • Sina M. Adl et al .: The New Higher Level Classification of Eukaryotes with Emphasis on the Taxonomy of Protists. The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, Vol. 52, 2005, pp. 399-451. doi : 10.1111 / j.1550-7408.2005.00053.x
  • Alexander P. Myl'nikov, Serguei A. Karpov: Review of diversity and taxonomy of cercomonads. In: Protistology. Vol. 3, No. 4, 2004, ISSN  1680-0826 , pp. 201-217, online (PDF; 249 kB) .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thomas Cavalier-Smith, Ema E.-Y. Chao: Phylogeny and Classification of Phylum Cercozoa (Protozoa) . Protist, Volume 154, 2003, pp. 341-358, doi : 10.1078 / 143446103322454112
  2. ↑ Alexander P. Mylnikov, Serguei A. Karpov: Review of diversity and taxonomy of cercomonads . Protistology, Vol. 3, 2004, pp. 201-217. ISSN  1680-0826