Amastigomonas

Amastigomonas
Amastigomonas
Bar is 10 micrometres.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Class: Thecomonadea
Order: Apusomonadida
Family: Apusomonadidae
Genus: Amastigomonas
de Saedeleer 1931[1]
Type species
Amastigomonas debruynei
de Saedeleer 1931
Species
  • A. caudata
  • A. debruynei
  • A. marisrubri

Amastigomonas is a genus of protists belonging to a lineage of biciliated zooflagellates known as Apusomonadida.[2] It was first described in 1931 by Henri de Saedeleer.[1] The current use of Amastigomonas is as a descriptive archetype, with no phylogenetic or taxonomic implications. The term "Amastigomonas-like" is used to refer to all apusomonads that lack the 'derived' characteristics of Apusomonas.[3]

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