Tetrahelia

Tetrahelia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Class: Endohelea
Order: Axomonadida
Cavalier-Smith in Yabuki et al. 2012 emend. 2022
Family: Tetraheliidae
Cavalier-Smith 2022
Genus: Tetrahelia
Cavalier-Smith 2022
Species:
T. pterbica
Binomial name
Tetrahelia pterbica
(Mikrjukov & Patterson 2000) Cavalier-Smith 2022[1]
Synonyms
  • Tetradimorpha pterbica Mikrjukov & Patterson 2000

Tetrahelia (from Latin tetra- 'four' and helio- 'sun') is a genus of four-ciliated protists belonging to the Endohelea, a group of heterotrophic eukaryotes previously considered heliozoa.[2] It is the only genus in the family Tetraheliidae and order Axomonadida. It is a monotypic genus, containing the sole species Tetrahelia pterbica, previously classified as Tetradimorpha.[1]

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