Malawimonadidae is a group of unicellular
eukaryotes 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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