Tunicaraptor

Tunicaraptor
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Amorphea
Clade: Obazoa
Clade: Opisthokonta
Clade: Holozoa
Genus:
Tikhonenkov et al. 2020
Species:
T. unikontum
Binomial name
Tunicaraptor unikontum
Tikhonenkov et al. 2020[1]

Tunicaraptor is a genus of marine microbial protists containing the single species Tunicaraptor unikontum, discovered in 2020 from marine waters of Chile. It is a lineage of predatorial flagellates closely related to animals. It has a rare feeding structure not seen in other opisthokonts.[1]

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