Thaumatomastix

Thaumatomastix
	Thaumatomastix sp. (fig. 18-19)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Rhizaria
Phylum:	Cercozoa
Class:	Imbricatea
Order:	Thaumatomonadida
Family:	Thaumatomastigidae
Genus:	; Lauterborn, 1899
Type species
	Thaumatomastix setifera; (Lauterborn 1896) Lemmermann 1908
Synonyms
	Chrysosphaerella Balonov 1980 non Lauterborn 1896; Spiniferomonas Nicholls 1984 non Takahashi 1973; Thaumatonema Lauterborn 1896 non Greville 1863;

Thaumatomastix is a protist genus of the order Thaumatomonadida, within the phylum Cercozoa and the class Imbricatea. Its species are aquatic, feeding on algae and appearing in waters of a wide range of temperatures and salinities, and are 15-50 micrometers long. They can interchange between flagellated and amoeboid forms, and are notable for being covered in both spiny and flattened siliceous scales.^[1]

^ Ota, Shuhei; Eikrem, Wenche; Edvardsen, Bente (2012-07-01). "Ultrastructure and Molecular Phylogeny of Thaumatomonads (Cercozoa) with Emphasis on Thaumatomastix salina from Oslofjorden, Norway". Protist. 163 (4): 560–573. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2011.10.007. ISSN 1434-4610. PMID 22177453.

[:0-1] Ota, Shuhei; Eikrem, Wenche; Edvardsen, Bente (2012-07-01). "Ultrastructure and Molecular Phylogeny of Thaumatomonads (Cercozoa) with Emphasis on Thaumatomastix salina from Oslofjorden, Norway". Protist. 163 (4): 560–573. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2011.10.007. ISSN 1434-4610. PMID 22177453.

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