Percolomonas

Percolomonas
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
(unranked):
Excavata
Phylum:
Percolozoa
Class:
Percolatea
Order:
Percolomonadida
Family:
Percolomonadidae
Genus:
Percolomonas

Fenchel & Patterson 1986
Type species
Percolomonas cosmopolitus
Species
  • P. cosmopolitus (Ruinen 1938) Fenchel & Patterson 1986
  • Percolomonas denhami Tong 1997
  • Percolomonas lacustris Mylnikov 2016
  • Percolomonas similis Lee et al. 2003
  • Percolomonas spinosus (Klug 1936) Larsen & Patterson 1990
  • Percolomonas sulcatus (von Stein 1878) Larsen & Patterson 1990
Synonyms
  • Choanogaster Pochmann 1959

Percolomonas is a genus of free-living flagellate Heteroloboseans, forming a clade with Stephanopogon.

The genus includes six described species. However, P. cosmopolitus is likely a species complex containing multiple cryptic species of extremely similar morphology but significant genetic divergence.

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