Massisteria

Massisteria marina
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): SAR
(unranked): Rhizaria
Phylum: Cercozoa
Class: Sarcomonadea
Order: Cercomonadida
Family: Cercomonadidae
Genus: Massisteria
Larsen & Patterson, 1990
Species
  • Massisteria marina
  • Massisteria voersi

Massisteria is a genus of Cercozoa.[1] The genus has two described species, Massisteria marina and Massisteria voersi.[2]

References

  1. Thomas Cavalier-Smith & Ema E.-Y. Chao (October 2003). "Phylogeny and classification of phylum Cercozoa (Protozoa)". Protist. 154 (3–4): 341–358. doi:10.1078/143446103322454112. PMID 14658494.
  2. Mylnikov, Alexander P.; Weber, Felix; Jürgens, Klaus; Wylezich, Claudia (2015-08-01). "Massisteria marina has a sister: Massisteria voersi sp. nov., a rare species isolated from coastal waters of the Baltic Sea". European Journal of Protistology. 51 (4): 299–310. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2015.05.002. ISSN 1618-0429. PMID 26163290.


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