Filasterea

Filasterea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
(unranked)	Opisthokonta
(unranked)	Choanozoa or Holozoa
(unranked)	Filozoa
Class:	Filasterea Cavalier-Smith, 2008
Order:	Ministeriida Cavalier-Smith, 1997
Families and Genera
Capsasporidae Capsaspora Ministeriidae Ministeria

Filasterea is a grouping that includes Ministeria and Capsaspora.^[1]

Etymology

From Latin filum meaning "thread" and Greek aster meaning "star". Owing to the thread like protoplasmic radiating processes from the organisms of the taxon.

Taxonomy

• Class Filasterea Shalchian-Tabrizi et al. 2008^[2][3]
  • Order Ministeriida Cavalier-Smith 1997^[4][5]
    • Family Capsasporidae Cavalier-Smith 2008
      • Genus Capsaspora Hertel et al. 2002
        • Species Capsaspora owczarzaki Hertel et al. 2002
    • Family Ministeriidae Cavalier-Smith 2008
      • Genus Ministeria Patterson et al. 1993 emend. Tong 1997
        • Species M. marisola Patterson et al. 1993
        • Species M. vibrans Tong 1997

References

1. Shalchian-Tabrizi K, Minge MA, Espelund M; et al. (2008). Aramayo, Rodolfo, ed. "Multigene phylogeny of choanozoa and the origin of animals". PLoS ONE 3 (5): e2098. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0002098. PMC: 2346548. PMID 18461162.
2. Adl; et al. (2012), "The Revised Classification of Eukaryotes" (PDF), Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 59 (5): 429–493, doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2012.00644.x
3. Silar, Philippe (2016), "Protistes Eucaryotes : Origine, Evolution et Biologie des Microbes Eucaryotes", HAL archives-ouvertes: 1–462
4. Ondřej Zicha (1999), "Ministeria", BioLib.cz, retrieved 2016-04-21
5. Ruggiero; et al. (2015), "Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms", PLoS ONE 10 (4), doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0119248