Malawimonas

Malawimonas is a genus of unicellular, heterotrophic flagellates with uncertain phylogenetic affinities. They have variably been assigned to Excavata and Loukozoa. Recent studies suggest they may be closely related to the Podiata.

== Discovery history == In 1993, Charles J. O’ Kelly studied the jakobid group of flagellates and their implications for the early diversification of eukaryotes. He recognized that Jakoba, Reclimonas, and Histonia, often referred to as “core jakobids” were morphologically somewhat similar. Interestingly, they included an unnamed and undescribed free-swimming, flagellate, and also groove-bearing cell.