A Revised Taxonomy of Diplonemids Including the Eupelagonemidae n. fam. and a Type Species, Eupelagonema oceanica n. gen. & sp
Language English Country United States Media print-electronic
Document type Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Grant support
CIHR - Canada
PubMed
30080299
DOI
10.1111/jeu.12679
Knihovny.cz E-resources
- Keywords
- Deep-sea pelagic diplonemids, euglenozoa, heterotrophic flagellate, kinetoplastids, marine diplonemids, single-cell amplified genome,
- MeSH
- Euglenozoa classification cytology genetics MeSH
- Phylogeny MeSH
- RNA, Protozoan analysis MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
- Names of Substances
- RNA, Protozoan MeSH
Recent surveys of marine microbial diversity have identified a previously unrecognized lineage of diplonemid protists as being among the most diverse heterotrophic eukaryotes in global oceans. Despite their monophyly (and assumed importance), they lack a formal taxonomic description, and are informally known as deep-sea pelagic diplonemids (DSPDs) or marine diplonemids. Recently, we documented morphology and molecular sequences from several DSPDs, one of which is particularly widespread and abundant in environmental sequence data. To simplify the communication of future work on this important group, here we formally propose to erect the family Eupelagonemidae to encompass this clade, as well as a formal genus and species description for the apparently most abundant phylotype, Eupelagonema oceanica, for which morphological information and single-cell amplified genome data are currently available.
Biosciences University of Exeter Geoffrey Pope Building Exeter EX4 4QD United Kingdom
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Moss Landing California 95039 USA
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