Apusomonadidae
The apusomonads (family Apusomonadidae) are a group of protozoan zooflagellates that glide on surfaces, and mostly consume prokaryotes. They are of particular evolutionary interest because they appear to be the sister group to the Opisthokonts, the clade that includes both animals and fungi. Together with the Breviatea, these form the Obazoa clade.
| Apusomonadidae | |
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| Podomonas kaiyoae SEM image. AF: anterior flagellum. PF: posterior flagellum. T: tusk. Brackets: acronemes. Arrows and arrowheads: pseudopodium. Scale bar = 5 μm. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Amorphea |
| Clade: | Obazoa |
| Class: | Thecomonadea Cavalier-Smith, 1993 emend. 2013 |
| Order: | Apusomonadida Karpov & Mylnikov, 1989 |
| Family: | Apusomonadidae Karpov & Mylnikov, 1989 |
| Genera | |
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| Diversity | |
| 28 species | |
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