Minimassisteria | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Phylum: | Cercozoa |
Class: | Granofilosea |
Order: | Leucodictyida |
Family: | Massisteriidae |
Genus: | Minimassisteria |
Species: | M. diva
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Binomial name | |
Minimassisteria diva Arndt & Cavalier-Smith, 2011[1]
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Minimassisteria is a marine bacterivorous genus of protists with only one species, M. diva, that presents three different lifestyle forms. It has a widespread geographic distribution. It is an amoeboflagellate most closely related to Massisteria, and together comprise the family Massisteriidae.[1]