Thaumatomastix

Thaumatomastix
Thaumatomastix sp. (fig. 18-19)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Phylum: Cercozoa
Class: Imbricatea
Order: Thaumatomonadida
Family: Thaumatomastigidae
Genus: Thaumatomastix
Lauterborn, 1899
Type species
Thaumatomastix setifera
(Lauterborn 1896) Lemmermann 1908
Synonyms
  • Chrysosphaerella Balonov 1980 non Lauterborn 1896
  • Spiniferomonas Nicholls 1984 non Takahashi 1973
  • Thaumatonema Lauterborn 1896 non Greville 1863

Thaumatomastix is a protist genus of the order Thaumatomonadida, within the phylum Cercozoa and the class Imbricatea. Its species are aquatic, feeding on algae and appearing in waters of a wide range of temperatures and salinities, and are 15-50 micrometers long. They can interchange between flagellated and amoeboid forms, and are notable for being covered in both spiny and flattened siliceous scales.[1]

  1. ^ Ota, Shuhei; Eikrem, Wenche; Edvardsen, Bente (2012-07-01). "Ultrastructure and Molecular Phylogeny of Thaumatomonads (Cercozoa) with Emphasis on Thaumatomastix salina from Oslofjorden, Norway". Protist. 163 (4): 560–573. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2011.10.007. ISSN 1434-4610. PMID 22177453.