Proterospongia

Proterospongia
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
(unranked):
Opisthokonta
(unranked):
Holozoa
Class:
Choanoflagellatea
Order:
Choanoflagellida
Family:
Codonosigidae
Genus:
Proterospongia

Proterospongia is a genus of single-celled aquatic organisms which form colonies. It belongs to the choanoflagellate class. As a colony-forming choanoflagellate, Proterospongia is of interest to scientists studying the mechanisms of intercellular signaling and adhesion present before animals appeared.[1][2]

  1. ^ King, N. The Unicellular Ancestry of Animal Development. Developmental Cell (2004) 7:313-325
  2. ^ King, N. and S. B. Carroll. 2001. A receptor tyrosine kinase from choanoflagellates: molecular insights into early animal evolution. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 98:15032-7.
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