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Rigifila

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Domain
  
Eukaryota

Class
  
Hilomonadea

Family
  
Rigifilidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Apusozoa

Order
  
Rigifilida

Species
  
R. ramosa

Similar
  
Cryptista, Apusozoa, Breviata, Hacrobia, Cercozoa

Rigifila ramosa is one of the two members of the Rigifilida. It differs from the other member Micronuclearia podoventralis by having two pellicular layers covering the cell instead of a single one. Dorsal filopodia are also thicker and more conspicuous than in Micronuclearia.

References

Rigifila Wikipedia