| Syssomonas | |
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| SEM image of Syssomonas. ac = acroneme, fl = flagellum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| (unranked): | Holozoa |
| Clade: | Pluriformea |
| Class: | Corallochytrea |
| Order: | Corallochytrida |
| Family: | Syssomonadidae Cavalier-Smith 2021 |
| Genus: | Syssomonas Tikhonenkov et al. 2017 |
| Type species | |
| Syssomonas multiformis[1] Tikhonenkov et al. 2017
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| Type strain | |
| Colp-12 MI-PR205[a] | |
| Species | |
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Syssomonas is a monotypic genus of unicellular flagellated protists containing the species Syssomonas multiformis. It is a member of Pluriformea inside the lineage of Holozoa, a clade containing animals and their closest protistan relatives. It lives in freshwater habitats. It has a complex life cycle that includes unicellular amoeboid and flagellated phases, as well as multicellular aggregates, depending on the growth medium and nutritional state.
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