Cristidiscoidea
Sign in to saveThe nucleariids, or nucleariid amoebae, are a group of amoebae that comprise the sister clade of the fungi. Together, they form the clade Holomycota. They are aquatic organisms found in freshwater and marine habitats, as well as in faeces. They are free-living phagotrophic predators that mostly consume algae and bacteria.
Species
CLASS
- KingdomProtozoa
- PhylumChoanozoa
- ClassCristidiscoidea
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- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Holomycota
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- Nuclearia sp Nikko.jpg
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- taxon name
- Cristidiscoidea
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- Cristidiscoidea
- taxon common name
- クリスチディスコイデア綱
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- History
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The nucleariids, or nucleariid amoebae, are a group of amoebae that comprise the sister clade of the fungi. Together, they form the clade Holomycota. They are aquatic organisms found in freshwater and marine habitats, as well as in faeces. They are free-living phagotrophic predators that mostly consume algae and bacteria.
Nucleariids are characterized by simple, spherical or flattened single-celled bodies with filopodia (fine, thread-like pseudopods), covered by a mucous coat. They lack flagella and microtubules. Inside the cytoplasm of some species are endosymbiotic proteobacteria. Some species are naked, with only the mucous coat as cover, while others (known as 'scaled' nucleariids) have silica-based or exogenous particles of various shapes.
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