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Sagenista
Sign in to saveSagenista is a subphylum of heterokonts containing the labyrinthulids and Eogyrea, a class of yet uncultured protists. Originally, it contained the Labyrinthulids and bicosoecids. The bicosoecids have been removed, and Eogyrea were added, in order to make the group monophyletic.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderHymenoptera
- FamilyCrabronidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 8
- With media
- 36
- Family
- Crabronidae
- Collections
- EMEC, KU, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Panama
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Bothrosome
- Examples
- References
- Bibliography
Sagenista is a subphylum of heterokonts containing the labyrinthulids and Eogyrea, a class of yet uncultured protists. Originally, it contained the Labyrinthulids and bicosoecids. The bicosoecids have been removed, and Eogyrea were added, in order to make the group monophyletic.
Some have a special organelle called a bothrosome (or sagenogenetosome). It is usually found in a marine environments rich in algae and sea grass. It is capable of movement by use of this organelle.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sagenista” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.