Phalansterium
| Phalansterium | |
|---|---|
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| Phalansterium digitatum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Supergroup: | Amorphea |
| Phylum: | Amoebozoa |
| Class: | Variosea |
| Order: | Phalansteriida |
| Family: | Phalansteriidae W.S.Kent, 1881 |
| Genus: | Phalansterium Cienkowski, 1870 |
Phalansterium is a genus of single-celled flagellated organisms comprising several species, which form colonies.[1] It is the only genus in the family Phalansteriidae.[2] Phalansterium produces tetraspores.[3]
Phalansterium is hard to classify; it has a distinctive ultrastructure of its pericentriolar material. Molecular evidence places it in the Amoebozoa.[4][5]
It has been suggested that it is similar to the ancestral eukaryote.[6]
Species
[edit]Genus Phalansterium Cienkowsky 1870
- Species Phalansterium arcticum Shmakova, Karpov & Smirnov 2018
- Species Phalansterium consociatum (Fresenius 1858) Cienkowsky 1870
- Species Phalansterium digitatum Stein 1878
- Species Phalansterium filosum Cavalier-Smith & Chao 2011
- Species Phalansterium intestinum Cienkowsky 1870
- Species Phalansterium solitarium Sandon 1924
References
[edit]- ↑ "Phalansterium". Encyclopedia of Life.
- ↑ Guiry MD, Guiry GM, eds. (2026). "Phalansteriidae W.S.Kent, 1881". AlgaeBase. National University of Ireland, Galway. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
- ↑ Guiry, M.D.; Guiry, G.M. (2008). "Phalansterium". AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. Retrieved 2009-02-21.
- ↑ Thomas Cavalier-Smith, Ema E. -Y. Chaoa and Brian Oates (18 May 2004). "Molecular phylogeny of Amoebozoa and the evolutionary significance of the unikont Phalansterium". European Journal of Protistology. 40 (1): 21–48. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2003.10.001.
- ↑ Nikolaev, Si; Berney, C; Petrov, Nb; Mylnikov, Ap; Fahrni, Jf; Pawlowski, J (Jun 2006). "Phylogenetic position of Multicilia marina and the evolution of Amoebozoa" (Free full text). International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 56 (Pt 6): 1449–58. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63763-0. PMID 16738126.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Cavalier-Smith T (March 2002). "The phagotrophic origin of eukaryotes and phylogenetic classification of Protozoa". Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 52 (Pt 2): 297–354. doi:10.1099/00207713-52-2-297. PMID 11931142.
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