Tetrahelia

Tetrahelia
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Pancryptista
Phylum: Cryptista
Subphylum:
Cavalier-Smith 2021
Class:
Cavalier-Smith in Yabuki et al. 2012 emend. Cavalier-Smith 2021
Order:
Cavalier-Smith in Yabuki et al. 2012 emend. 2022
Family:
Cavalier-Smith 2022
Genus:
Cavalier-Smith 2022
Species:
T. pterbica
Binomial name
Tetrahelia pterbica
(Mikrjukov & Patterson 2000) Cavalier-Smith 2022[1]
Synonyms

Tetradimorpha pterbica Mikrjukov & Patterson in Mikrjukov 2000

Tetrahelia (from Latin tetra- 'four' and helio- 'sun') is a genus of four-ciliated protists belonging to the Endohelea, a group of heterotrophic heliozoa.[2] It is the only genus in the family Tetraheliidae, order Axomonadida, class Endohelea and subphylum Endohelia. It is a monotypic genus, containing the sole species Tetrahelia pterbica, previously classified as Tetradimorpha pterbica.[1]

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference CavSmith2022 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Yabuki, Akinori; Chao, Ema E.; Ishida, Ken-Ichiro; Cavalier-Smith, Thomas (2012-05-01). "Microheliella maris (Microhelida ord. n.), an Ultrastructurally Highly Distinctive New Axopodial Protist Species and Genus, and the Unity of Phylum Heliozoa". Protist. 163 (3): 356–388. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2011.10.001. ISSN 1434-4610.