The spongomonads are a group of
flagellated
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 share a common ancestor (the last eukaryotic common ancestor), the exc ...
s in the phylum
Cercozoa. Taxonomically, they compose the family Sarcomonadidae and order Sarcomonadida. They were originally placed among the
Reticulofilosa,
but were later transferred to
Monadofilosa.
It includes only two genera:
*''
Spongomonas''
*''
Rhipidodendron''
References
Filosa
SAR supergroup unranked clades
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