Percolomonas
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
(unranked):
Excavata
Phylum:
Percolozoa
Class:
Percolatea
Genus:
Percolomonas

Fenchel & Patterson 1986
Type species
Percolomonas cosmopolitus
Species
  • P. cosmopolitus (Ruinen 1938) Fenchel & Patterson 1986[1]
  • P. denhami Tong 1997
  • P. lacustris Mylnikov 2016
  • P. similis Lee et al. 2003
  • P. spinosus (Klug 1936) Larsen & Patterson 1990
  • P. sulcatus (von Stein 1878) Larsen & Patterson 1990
Synonyms
  • Choanogaster Pochmann 1959

Percolomonas is a genus of free-living flagellate Heteroloboseans, forming a clade with Stephanopogon.[2]

The genus includes six described species (see infobox). However, P. cosmopolitus is likely a species complex containing multiple cryptic species of extremely similar morphology but significant genetic divergence.[3]

References

  1. ^ Yubuki, N.; Leander, B. (2008). "Ultrastructure and molecular phylogeny of Stephanopogon minuta: an enigmatic microeukaryote from marine interstitial environments". European Journal of Protistology. 44 (4): 241–253. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2007.12.001. PMID 18403188.
  2. ^ Cavalier-Smith, T.; Nikolaev, S. (2008). "The zooflagellates Stephanopogon and Percolomonas are a clade (class Percolatea: Phylum Percolozoa)". The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 55 (6): 501–509. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2008.00356.x. PMID 19120795. S2CID 29425736.
  3. ^ Tikhonenkov, DV; Jhin, SH; Eglit, Y; Miller, K; Plotnikov, A; Simpson, AGB; Park, JS (2019). "Ecological and evolutionary patterns in the enigmatic protist genus Percolomonas (Heterolobosea; Discoba) from diverse habitats". PLOS ONE. 14 (8): e0216188. Bibcode:2019PLoSO..1416188T. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0216188. PMC 6715209. PMID 31465455.


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