Apusomonas is a genus of Apusozoa erected by A. G. Aléxéieff in 1924.[2]

Apusomonas
Apusomonas sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Amorphea
Clade: Obazoa
Class: Thecomonadea
Order: Apusomonadida
Family: Apusomonadidae
Genus: Apusomonas
Aléxéieff, 1924
Type species
Apusomonas proboscidea
Aléxéieff, 1924
Species
  • A. australiensis Ekelund & Patterson 1997
  • A. proboscidea Aléxéieff 1924
Synonyms
  • Rostromonas Karpov & Zhukov, 1980[1]

It includes the species Apusomonas proboscidea.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Karpov, Serguey A. (2007). "The flagellar apparatus structure of Apusomonas proboscidea and apusomonad relationships". Protistology. 5 (2–3): 146–155.
  2. ^ Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE (May 2003). "Phylogeny of choanozoa, apusozoa, and other protozoa and early eukaryote megaevolution". Journal of Molecular Evolution. 56 (5): 540–63. Bibcode:2003JMolE..56..540C. doi:10.1007/s00239-002-2424-z. PMID 12698292.
  3. ^ Kim E, Simpson AG, Graham LE (December 2006). "Evolutionary relationships of apusomonads inferred from taxon-rich analyses of 6 nuclear encoded genes". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 23 (12): 2455–66. doi:10.1093/molbev/msl120. PMID 16982820.