Petalomonadida

Petalomonadida
	Petalomonas mediocannellata var. disomata. Scale bar: 10 μm.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Discoba
Phylum:	Euglenozoa
Class:	Euglenida
Order:	Petalomonadida; Cavalier-Smith 1993
Genera
	Biundula; Notosolenus; Pentamonas; Petalomonas; Scytomonas; Sphenomonas;

Petalomonadida is an order of euglenids, single-celled eukaryotes with one or two flagella and a pellicle of proteinaceous strips. They use their longer anterior flagellum for gliding along the surface.^[1] They are one of the most abundant groups of phagotrophic euglenids.^[2]

References

^ Kostygov, Alexei Y.; Karnkowska, Anna; Votýpka, Jan; Tashyreva, Daria; Maciszewski, Kacper; et al. (2021). "Euglenozoa: taxonomy, diversity and ecology, symbioses and viruses". Open Biology. 11 (3): 200407. doi:10.1098/rsob.200407. PMC 8061765. PMID 33715388.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)
^ Lax, Gordon; Simpson, Alastair G.B. (16 August 2020). "The Molecular Diversity of Phagotrophic Euglenids Examined Using Single-cell Methods". Protist. 171 (5) 125757. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2020.125757.

[1] Kostygov, Alexei Y.; Karnkowska, Anna; Votýpka, Jan; Tashyreva, Daria; Maciszewski, Kacper; et al. (2021). "Euglenozoa: taxonomy, diversity and ecology, symbioses and viruses". Open Biology. 11 (3): 200407. doi:10.1098/rsob.200407. PMC 8061765. PMID 33715388.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)

[2] Lax, Gordon; Simpson, Alastair G.B. (16 August 2020). "The Molecular Diversity of Phagotrophic Euglenids Examined Using Single-cell Methods". Protist. 171 (5) 125757. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2020.125757.

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