Malawimonadidae is a group of unicellular
eukaryotes
Eukaryotes () are organisms whose cells have a nucleus. All animals, plants, fungi, and many unicellular organisms, are Eukaryotes. They belong to the group of organisms Eukaryota or Eukarya, which is one of the three domains of life. Bacte ...
of outsize importance in understanding eukaryote phylogeny.
Phylogeny
Taxonomy
* Phylum Neolouka
Cavalier-Smith 2013
** Class Malawimonadea
Cavalier-Smith 2003
*** Order Malawimonadida
Cavalier-Smith 2003
**** Family Malawimonadidae
O’Kelly & Nerad 1999
***** Genus ''
Gefionella''
Heiss, Ekelund & Simpson 2018
****** Species ''
G. okellyi''
Heiss, Ekelund & Simpson 2018
***** Genus ''
Malawimonas
''Malawimonas'' is a Loukozoa genus, possible sister of the Podiata.
History of the discovery of Malawimonads
In 1993, Charles J O’ Kelly studied the jakobid groups flagellates and implications for the early diversification of eukaryotes and ...
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O’Kelly & Nerad 1999
****** Species ''
M. californiana''
****** Species ''
M. jakobiformis''
O’Kelly & Nerad 1999
References
Excavata families
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