Cutosea
| Cutosea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Phylum: | Amoebozoa |
| Clade: | Evosea |
| Superclass: | Cutosa Cavalier-Smith, 2016[1] |
| Class: | Cutosea Cavalier-Smith, 2016[1] |
| Order: | Squamocutida Cavalier-Smith, 2016[1] |
| Families[1] | |
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| Diversity | |
| 3 species | |
Cutosea (from
.Characteristics
The
cilia or centrosomes.[1]
Taxonomy
History
Cutosea is a
distinguishing feature. Their names derive from the Latin cutis, meaning 'skin', and squama, meaning 'scale', referencing this envelope.[1]
The Cutosea clade is supported by posterior
Squamamoebidae. A third genus was discovered later in 2018, Armaparvus, which was added to Squamamoebidae.[2]
Classification
Cutosea contains a total of three
species
, distributed in three monotypic genera:
- Family SapocribridaeCavalier-Smith, 2016
- Sapocribrum Lahr, Grant, Molestina & Anderson, 2015[4]
- Sapocribrum chincoteaguense Lahr, Grant, Molestina & Anderson, 2015
- Sapocribrum Lahr, Grant, Molestina & Anderson, 2015[4]
- Family SquamamoebidaeCavalier-Smith, 2016
- Armaparvus Schuler & Brown, 2018[2]
- Armaparvus languidus Schuler & Brown, 2018
- Squamamoeba Kudryavtsev & Pawlowski, 2013[5]
- Squamamoeba japonica Kudryavtsev & Pawlowski, 2013
- Armaparvus Schuler & Brown, 2018[2]
Evolution
Cutosea is a
phylogenetic analysis:[7]
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References
External links
- Cutosea at UniEuk Taxonomy App.