Mantamonas
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Mantamonadidae
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Mantamonas | |
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Scientific 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]
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Species | |
Diversity | |
3 species[3] |
Mantamonads are a group of
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
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Species
There are currently three species of Mantamonas.[3]
- Mantamonas plastica Glücksman & Cavalier-Smith 2011[1]
- Mantamonas sphyraenae Blaz et al. 2021
- Mantamonas vickermani Blaz et al. 2021
References
- ^ PMID 20884290.
- ^ PMID 34940909.
- ^ .
- bioRxiv 10.1101/199125.
- PMID 25152275.
- ^ PMID 29360967.