Spongomonad
| Spongomonad | |
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| Rhipidodendron splendidum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Phylum: | Cercozoa |
| Class: | Imbricatea |
| Order: | Spongomonadida Hibberd 1983 |
| Family: | Spongomonadidae Karpov 1990 |
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The spongomonads are a group of flagellated protists in the phylum Cercozoa. Taxonomically, they compose the family Sarcomonadidae and order Sarcomonadida. They were originally placed among the Reticulofilosa,[1] but were later transferred to Monadofilosa.[2] It includes only two genera:[3]
- Spongomonas Stein 1878
- Rhipidodendron Stein 1878
References
- ^ Thomas Cavalier-Smith & Ema E.-Y. Chao (October 2003). "Phylogeny and classification of phylum Cercozoa (Protozoa)". Protist. 154 (3–4): 341–358. doi:10.1078/143446103322454112. PMID 14658494.
- ^ David Bass & Thomas Cavalier-Smith (November 2004). "Phylum-specific environmental DNA analysis reveals remarkably high global biodiversity of Cercozoa (Protozoa)". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 54 (6): 2393–2404. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63229-0. PMID 15545489.
- ^ Cavalier-Smith, Thomas; Chao, Ema E.; Lewis, Rhodri (April 2018). "Multigene phylogeny and cell evolution of chromist infrakingdom Rhizaria: contrasting cell organisation of sister phyla Cercozoa and Retaria". Protoplasma. 255 (5): 1517–1574. doi:10.1007/s00709-018-1241-1. PMC 6133090. PMID 29666938.