Acinetactis | |
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Acinetactis mirabilis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Phylum: | Cercozoa |
Class: | Sarcomonadea |
Order: | Glissomonadida |
Family: | Acinetactidae |
Genus: |
Acinetactis A.C. Stokes |
Acinetactis is a possible genus of protist first described in 1886 by A.C. Stokes, who also described the type species A. mirabilis. [1] In 1928, Valkanov reported the discovery of a second species, A. arnaudovii. [2] The most recently recorded specimen of A. mirabilis was reported in 1940, no Acinetactis specimens have been reported since. [3]
The validity and classification of this genus is contested. In 1914, Adolf Pascher cast doubt on Acinetactis, suggesting that it was a junior synonym of Dimorpha mutans. [4] Cavalier-Smith classified Acinetactis as a heliomonad in 1993. [5] Bass et al. suggested in 2009 that the genus was a cercozoan in the class Granofilosea. [6]
Acinetactis | |
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Acinetactis mirabilis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Phylum: | Cercozoa |
Class: | Sarcomonadea |
Order: | Glissomonadida |
Family: | Acinetactidae |
Genus: |
Acinetactis A.C. Stokes |
Acinetactis is a possible genus of protist first described in 1886 by A.C. Stokes, who also described the type species A. mirabilis. [1] In 1928, Valkanov reported the discovery of a second species, A. arnaudovii. [2] The most recently recorded specimen of A. mirabilis was reported in 1940, no Acinetactis specimens have been reported since. [3]
The validity and classification of this genus is contested. In 1914, Adolf Pascher cast doubt on Acinetactis, suggesting that it was a junior synonym of Dimorpha mutans. [4] Cavalier-Smith classified Acinetactis as a heliomonad in 1993. [5] Bass et al. suggested in 2009 that the genus was a cercozoan in the class Granofilosea. [6]