Minimassisteria
| Minimassisteria | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Rhizaria |
| Phylum: | Cercozoa |
| Class: | Granofilosea |
| Order: | Leucodictyida |
| Family: | Massisteriidae |
| Genus: | |
| Species: | M. diva
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| Binomial name | |
| Minimassisteria diva Arndt & Cavalier-Smith, 2011[1]
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Minimassisteria is a marine bacterivorous genus of protists with only one species, M. diva, that presents three different lifestyle forms. It has a widespread geographic distribution. It is an amoeboflagellate most closely related to Massisteria, and together comprise the family Massisteriidae.[1]