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Heliomonadida

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Domain
  
Eukaryota

Phylum
  
Cercozoa

Class
  
Granofilosea

Rank
  
Order

Similar
  
Gymnosphaerid, Desmothoracid, Ebriid, Imbricatea, Sticholonche

The Heliomonadida (formerly Dimorphida) are a small group of heliozoan amoeboids that are unusual in possessing flagella throughout their life cycle.

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Classification

Genetic studies place them among the Cercozoa, a group including various other flagellates that form filose pseudopodia. This order has recently been placed into the new class of naked filose cercozoans called Granofilosea. There are two genera in this order:

  • Heliomorpha, a tiny organism found in freshwater
  • the larger Tetradimorpha, which is distinguished by having four rather than two flagella.

    • Morphology

    Bundles of microtubules, typically in square array, arise from a body near the flagellar bases and support the numerous axopods that project from the cell surface.

    Dimorphids have a single nucleus, and mitochondria with tubular cristae.

    References

    Heliomonadida Wikipedia
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