Picozoa

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Picozoa
File:Picomonas-judraskeda-Gen.-Et-Sp.-Nov.-The-First-Identified-Member-of-the-Picozoa-Phylum-Nov.-a-pone.0059565.s004.ogv
Movement of a Picomonas judraskeda cell
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Animation of the 3D structure of Picomonas judraskeda
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Picozoa
Seenivasan, Sausen, Medlin, Melkonian, 2013[1]

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Picozoa are a phylum of marine unicellular heterotrophic eukaryotes with a size of less than about 3 µm. The first species identified therein is Picomonas judraskeda.[1]

A study published in 2015 places this species in the Hacrobia.[2]

See also

References

  • Data related to Picozoa at Wikispecies
  • Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
  1. 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE, Lewis R (2015) Multiple origins of Heliozoa from flagellate ancestors: New cryptist subphylum Corbihelia, superclass Corbistoma, and monophyly of Haptista, Cryptista, Hacrobia and Chromista. Mol Phylogenet Evol 93:331-362. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.07.004