Andalucia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Class: | Jakobea |
Order: | Jakobida |
Family: |
Andaluciidae Cavalier-Smith 2013 |
Genus: |
Andalucia Lara et al. 2006 |
Species: | A. godoyi
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Binomial name | |
Andalucia godoyi Lara et al. 2006
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Andalucia is a genus of jakobids, currently containing the sole species A. godoyi. [1]
The morphology of Andalucia broadly resembles that of other jakobids. Molecular data has not always been conclusive, but recent phylogenomic analyses indicate that Andalucia is a sister group to the other jakobids, or, in other words, more closely related to them than to the Heterolobosea or Euglenozoa (the other two groups in the Discoba). [2] The α- tubulin gene of Andalucia more closely resembles that of opisthokonts and diplomonads than its closer relatives, the apparent result of horizontal gene transfer. [3]
As of 2015, the soil heterotroph Andalucia godoyi is the only described species in the genus. The species Andalucia incarcerata, living in sulphide-rich marine intertidal sediments, [3] was transferred to the genus Stygiella in 2015.
Analysis of DNA sequences from the environment suggests at least two additional species that have not been isolated or formally described. [3]
Andalucia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Class: | Jakobea |
Order: | Jakobida |
Family: |
Andaluciidae Cavalier-Smith 2013 |
Genus: |
Andalucia Lara et al. 2006 |
Species: | A. godoyi
|
Binomial name | |
Andalucia godoyi Lara et al. 2006
|
Andalucia is a genus of jakobids, currently containing the sole species A. godoyi. [1]
The morphology of Andalucia broadly resembles that of other jakobids. Molecular data has not always been conclusive, but recent phylogenomic analyses indicate that Andalucia is a sister group to the other jakobids, or, in other words, more closely related to them than to the Heterolobosea or Euglenozoa (the other two groups in the Discoba). [2] The α- tubulin gene of Andalucia more closely resembles that of opisthokonts and diplomonads than its closer relatives, the apparent result of horizontal gene transfer. [3]
As of 2015, the soil heterotroph Andalucia godoyi is the only described species in the genus. The species Andalucia incarcerata, living in sulphide-rich marine intertidal sediments, [3] was transferred to the genus Stygiella in 2015.
Analysis of DNA sequences from the environment suggests at least two additional species that have not been isolated or formally described. [3]