Mantamonas

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Mantamonas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Opimoda
Clade: CRuMs
Class: Glissodiscea
Cavalier-Smith 2013 emend. 2021[2]
Order: Mantamonadida
Cavalier-Smith 2011[1]
Family: Mantamonadidae
Cavalier-Smith 2011[1]
Genus: Mantamonas
Cavalier-Smith & Glücksman 2011[1]
Type species
Mantamonas plastica
Glücksman & Cavalier-Smith 2011[1]
Species
Diversity
3 species[3]

Mantamonads are a group of

Diphylleida and Rigifilida.[5][6]

Morphology

Mantamonas are

medium.[3] When wide-shaped, they present lateral "wings" that resemble the fins of a manta ray (hence the name Mantamonas).[3]

Ecology

Mantamonas are

heterotrophic flagellates. M. plastica was isolated from marine sediments, while M. vickermani was isolated from marine lagoon sediments. M. sphyraenae was obtained from the skin surface of a barracuda, suggesting that it could be an epizootic species.[3]

Evolution

When discovered in 2011, a phylogenetic analysis based on

phylogenomic analysis recovered Mantamonas as the sister group of a clade comprising Collodictyonidae and Rigifilida. Together, the three groups compose the CRuMs clade, which is the sister group to Amorphea (Amoebozoa + Obazoa) in a clade known as Podiata.[6]

Eukaryota

Diaphoretickes

Discoba

Metamonada
Cavalier-Smith 1987 emend. Cavalier-Smith 2003

Ancyromonadida Cavalier-Smith 1998 emend. Atkins 2000

Malawimonadea
Cavalier-Smith 2003

Podiata
Amorphea

Amoebozoa Lühe 1913 emend. Cavalier-Smith 1998

Obazoa

Breviatea Cavalier-Smith 2004

Apusomonadida
Karpov & Mylnikov 1989

Opisthokonta

CRuMs

Rigifilida Karpov & Mylnikov 1989

Diphylleida Cavalier-Smith 1993

Species

There are currently three species of Mantamonas.[3]

References