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]

Structure[edit]

Presence of nucleus, endoplasmic reticulum, vesicles, food vacuole, mitochondria with tubular cristae, two flagellated basal bodies and two unflagellated basal bodies, three major microtubular roots, four major fibers, one Microtubule organizing center (MTOC), several internal microtubules and absence of Golgi apparatus.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c 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.