Nanomonadea is a class of biciliate phagotrophic, non-photosynthetic free-living opalozoans, coontaining the sole order Uniciliatida.[2][1] This monophyletic group previously known as clade MAST-3 is characterized by a single hairless posterior cilium and absence of an anterior cilium.[1]
| Uniciliatida | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Phylum: | Bigyra |
| Subphylum: | Opalozoa |
| Infraphylum: | Placidozoa |
| Superclass: | Wobblata |
| Class: | Nanomonadea Cavalier-Smith (2013) |
| Order: | Uniciliatida Cavalier-Smith (2013)[1] |
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Phylogeny edit
The cladogram below shows the relationships between Nanomonadea and the rest of Opalozoans.[1]
Taxonomy edit
The taxonomy of Nanomonadea is as follows:[1]
- Subphylum Opalozoa Cavalier-Smith 1999 stat. nov. 2006
- Infraphylum Placidozoa Cavalier-Smith 2013
- Superclass Wobblata Cavalier-Smith 2006 supercl. nov. 2013 (paraphyletic)
- Class Nanomonadea Cavalier-Smith 2013
- Order Uniciliatida Cavalier-Smith 2013
- Family Solenicolidae Cavalier-Smith 2013 – Solenicola
- Family Incisomonadidae Cavalier-Smith 2013 – Incisomonas
- Order Uniciliatida Cavalier-Smith 2013
- Class Nanomonadea Cavalier-Smith 2013
- Superclass Wobblata Cavalier-Smith 2006 supercl. nov. 2013 (paraphyletic)
- Infraphylum Placidozoa Cavalier-Smith 2013
References edit
- ^ a b c d e Cavalier-Smith, Thomas; Scoble, Josephine Margaret (2013). "Phylogeny of Heterokonta: Incisomonas marina, a uniciliate gliding opalozoan related to Solenicola (Nanomonadea), and evidence that Actinophryida evolved from raphidophytes". European Journal of Protistology. 49: 328–353. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2012.09.002.
- ^ Cavalier-Smith, Thomas (2017). "Kingdom Chromista and its eight phyla: a new synthesis emphasising periplastid protein targeting, cytoskeletal and periplastid evolution, and ancient divergences". Protoplasma. 255: 297–357. doi:10.1007/s00709-017-1147-3. PMC 5756292.