Metopion fluens

Metopion fluens
Systematics
Sub-stem : Filosa incertae sedis Order : Metopiida Family : Metopiidae Genre : Metopion Type : Metopion fluens
Scientific name of the  order
Metopiida
Cavalier-Smith, 2003
Scientific name of the  family
Metopiidae
Cavalier-Smith , 2003
Scientific name of the  genus
Metopion
Larsen & Patterson, 1990
Scientific name of the  species
Metopion fluens
Larsen & Patterson, 1990

Metopion fluens is a type of heterotrophic protozoa that is systematically relatively isolated and, as a separate order Metopiida, is placed in an unsafe position to the Cercozoa .

features

Metopion fluens is a unicellular, two- flagellated zooflagellate that does not form pseudopodia . They slide along the substrate with the help of the posterior flagella. The two flagella arise in a pit.

Systematics

Metopion stands within the filosa in a relatively basal place, together with Metromonas and the Chlorarachniophyta . Within the Filosa, the species is listed in its own order as incertae sedis :

• Order Metopiida
  • Metopiidae family
    • Genus Metopion
      • Species Metopion fluens

supporting documents

• 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

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} David Bass, Thomas Cavalier-Smith: Phylum-specific environmental DNA analysis reveals remarkably high global biodiversity of Cercozoa (Protozoa) . International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, Volume 54, 2004, pp. 2393-2404, doi : 10.1099 / ijs.0.63229-0