Tsukubamonas is a monotypic genus of excavates that contains a single species, Tsukubamonas globosa Yabuki et al. 2011.[1][2] T. globosa is a free-living flagellate that was isolated from a pond in the University of Tsukuba, Japan.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Phylum: | Eolouka Cavalier-Smith 2013 |
| Class: | Tsukubea Yabuki et al. 2011 |
| Order: | Tsukubamonadida Yabuki et al. 2011 |
| Family: | Tsukubamonadidae Yabuki et al. 2011 |
| Genus: | Tsukubamonas Yabuki et al. 2011 |
| Type species | |
| Tsukubamonas globosa Yabuki et al. 2011
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Structure
editPresence of nucleus, endoplasmic reticulum, vesicles, food vacuole, mitochondria with tubular cristae, two flagellated basal bodies and two unflagellated basal bodies, three major microtubular roots, four major fibers, one Microtubule organizing center (MTOC), several internal microtubules and absence of Golgi apparatus.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Yabuki, Akinori; Nakayama, Takeshi; Yubuki, Naoji; Hashimoto, Tetsuo; Ishida, Ken-Ichiro; Inagaki, Yuji (July 2011). "Tsukubamonas globosa n. gen., n. sp., A Novel Excavate Flagellate Possibly Holding a Key for the Early Evolution in "Discoba": TSUKUBAMONAS GLOBOSA N. G., N. SP". Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 58 (4): 319–331. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2011.00552.x. PMID 21569159.
- ^ CAVALIER-SMITH, Thomas (2013). "Early evolution of eukaryote feeding modes, cell structural diversity, and classification of the protozoan phyla Loukozoa, Sulcozoa, and Choanozoa". European Journal of Protistology. 49 (2): 115–178. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2012.06.001. ISSN 0932-4739. PMID 23085100.
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