Massisteria is a genus of Cercozoa.[2] They are naked protists with a central cell body from which several delicately thin and stiff pseudopodia extend, each one bearing a small number of granules. Their pseudopodia remain adhered to the substrate, as is typical among leucodictyids. The cell body has two flagella that, during feeding, are held in place.[1]
Massisteria | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Phylum: | Cercozoa |
Class: | Granofilosea |
Order: | Leucodictyida |
Family: | Massisteriidae |
Genus: | Massisteria Larsen & Patterson, 1990[1] |
Species | |
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The genus has two described species: