Rhizoplasmidae

Rhizoplasmidae
Systematics
without rank: Rhizaria without rank: Cercozoa Sub-stem : Endomyxa Class : Proteomyxidea incertae sedis Family : Rhizoplasmidae
Scientific name
Rhizoplasmidae
Cavalier-Smith & Bass , 2008

The Rhizoplasmidae are a family of amoeboid protists from the Cercozoa tribe .

features

The representatives are large cells, usually 1 to 10 mm in size. They are naked protoplasms with a central mass surrounded by pronounced branched and networked reticulopodia . The reticulopodia are granular. They are mostly single cells, but can also fuse to form meroplasmodia .

Systematics

The rhizoplasmids are placed in an unsafe position in the class Proteomyxidea within the Cercozoa .

The following genera are used by Bass et al. counted as part of the family:

• Rhizoplasm
• Protomyxa
• Protogenes
• Pontomyxa
• Dictiomyxa
• Myxodictylum

Some representatives, such as Reticulomyxa, could turn out to be naked foraminifera , but molecular genetic studies are still pending.

supporting documents

• David Bass, Ema E.-Y.Chao, Sergey Nikolaev, Akinori Yabuki, Ken-ichiro Ishida, Cédric Berney, Ursula Pakzad, Claudia Wylezich, Thomas Cavalier-Smith: Phylogeny of Novel Naked Filose and Reticulose Cercozoa: Granofilosea cl.n. and Proteomyxidea Revised . Protist, 2008 doi : 10.1016 / j.protis.2008.07.002