Microheliella

Microheliella
Differential interference contrast image of a living cell of M. maris showing axopodia (arrows), tiny vacuole (V) and centrosome (C). Scale bar: 10 μm.
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Pancryptista
Order:
Cavalier-Smith 2012
Family:
Cavalier-Smith & Chao 2012
Genus:
Cavalier-Smith & Chao 2012
Species:
M. maris
Binomial name
Microheliella maris
Cavalier-Smith & Chao 2012

Microheliella (from Greek micro 'small' and helios 'sun') is a monotypic genus of protists containing the sole species M. maris, first described in 2012. It has a variety of unusual morphological characteristics which make its broader classification difficult. These include a centrosome with two concentric granular shells and axopodia much simpler in structure than in visually similar protists (other 'heliozoa').[1]

  1. ^ Yabuki, A.; et al. (8 December 2011). "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. PMID 22153838.
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