Tsukubamonas

Tsukubamonas
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Eolouka
Cavalier-Smith 2013
Class: Tsukubea
Yabuki et al. 2011
Order: Tsukubamonadida
Yabuki et al. 2011
Family: Tsukubamonadidae
Yabuki et al. 2011
Genus: Tsukubamonas
Yabuki et al. 2011
Type species
Tsukubamonas globosa
Yabuki et al. 2011
Species
  • T. globosa

Tsukubamonas is a monotypic genus of excavates that contains a single species, Tsukubamonas globosa Yabuki et al. 2011.[1][2] T. globosa is a free-living flagellate that was isolated from a pond in the University of Tsukuba, Japan.[1]

  1. ^ a b Yabuki, Akinori; Nakayama, Takeshi; Yubuki, Naoji; Hashimoto, Tetsuo; Ishida, Ken-Ichiro; Inagaki, Yuji (July 2011). "Tsukubamonas globosa n. gen., n. sp., A Novel Excavate Flagellate Possibly Holding a Key for the Early Evolution in "Discoba": TSUKUBAMONAS GLOBOSA N. G., N. SP". Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 58 (4): 319–331. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2011.00552.x. PMID 21569159.
  2. ^ CAVALIER-SMITH, Thomas (2013). "Early evolution of eukaryote feeding modes, cell structural diversity, and classification of the protozoan phyla Loukozoa, Sulcozoa, and Choanozoa". European Journal of Protistology. 49 (2): 115–178. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2012.06.001. ISSN 0932-4739. PMID 23085100.