Spongomonad

The spongomonads are a group of flagellated protists in the phylum Cercozoa. Taxonomically, they compose the family Sarcomonadidae and order Sarcomonadida. They were originally placed among the Reticulofilosa,[1] but were later transferred to Monadofilosa.[2] It includes only two genera:[3]

Spongomonad
Rhipidodendron splendidum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Phylum: Cercozoa
Class: Imbricatea
Order: Spongomonadida
Hibberd 1983
Family: Spongomonadidae
Karpov 1990
Genera
  • Rhipidodendron
  • Spongomonas

References
  1. Thomas Cavalier-Smith & Ema E.-Y. Chao (October 2003). "Phylogeny and classification of phylum Cercozoa (Protozoa)". Protist. 154 (3–4): 341–358. doi:10.1078/143446103322454112. PMID 14658494.
  2. David Bass & Thomas Cavalier-Smith (November 2004). "Phylum-specific environmental DNA analysis reveals remarkably high global biodiversity of Cercozoa (Protozoa)". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 54 (6): 2393–2404. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63229-0. PMID 15545489.
  3. Cavalier-Smith, Thomas; Chao, Ema E.; Lewis, Rhodri (April 2018). "Multigene phylogeny and cell evolution of chromist infrakingdom Rhizaria: contrasting cell organisation of sister phyla Cercozoa and Retaria". Protoplasma. 255 (5): 1517–1574. doi:10.1007/s00709-018-1241-1. PMC 6133090. PMID 29666938.
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