Massisteriidae is a family of
granofilosean protists
A protist () is any eukaryotic organism (that is, an organism whose cells contain a cell nucleus) that is not an animal, plant, or fungus. While it is likely that protists share a common ancestor (the last eukaryotic common ancestor), the excl ...
within the phylum
Cercozoa
Cercozoa is a phylum of diverse single-celled eukaryotes. They lack shared morphological characteristics at the microscopic level, and are instead defined by molecular phylogenies of rRNA and actin or polyubiquitin. They were the first major eu ...
.
Taxonomy
Massisteriidae contains two genera:
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Massisteria
''Massisteria'' is a genus of Cercozoa. They are naked protist
A protist () is any eukaryotic organism (that is, an organism whose cells contain a cell nucleus) that is not an animal, plant, or fungus. While it is likely that protists sha ...
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Massisteria marina''
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Massisteria voersi''
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Minimassisteria''
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Minimassisteria diva''
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Cercozoa families
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