''Micronuclearia'' is a genus of free-living protozoa. While originally thought to be a
nucleariid
Nucleariida is a group of amoebae with filose pseudopods, known mostly from soils and freshwater. They are distinguished from the superficially similar vampyrellids mainly by having mitochondria with discoid cristae, in the absence of superfi ...
, as reflected in the name,
it is now inferred to be a member of the taxon Rigifilida,
and to belong to the 'CRuMs' assemblage (whereas nucleariids are opisthokonts).
The type species is ''
Micronuclearia podoventralis''.
References
Podiata
Eukaryote genera
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