Heteromita

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cercomonadida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: Tsar Cladus: Sar Infraregnum: Rhizaria Phylum: Cercozoa Subphylum: Filosa Superclassis: Monadofilosa Classis: Sarcomonadea Ordo: Cercomonadida

Familia: Heteromitidae
Genus: Heteromita

Name

Heteromita Dujardin, 1841

Synonyms (according to Myl’nikov & Karpov, 2004):

Bodomorpha Hollande 1952
Sciviamonas Ekelund et Patterson, 1997

References

Ekelund F. and Patterson D.J. 1997. Some heterotrophic flagellates from a cultivated garden soil in Australia. Arch. Protistenk. 148, 4, 461-478

Classifications

Dujardin (1841)

Dujardin, F. 1841. Histoire naturelle des Zoophytes, Infusoires, comprenant la physiologie et la classification de ces animaux et la manière de les étudier à l'aide du microscope. pp. i–xii, 1–684. Paris: Roret. BHL Google Books Reference page.

Infusoires (Infusoria) [p. 126]
- Infusoires non symétriques ou asymétriques
  - Ordre III. Animaux pourvus d'un ou de plusieurs filaments flagelliformes servant d'organes locomoteurs. — Sans bouche.
    - 1. Sans aucun tégument.
      - V. Famile. Monadiens (Monadina) [p. 270]
        8. Heteromita [p. 297]
        1. Heteromita ovata
        
        2. Heteromita granulum
        
        3. Heteromita angusta

Saville-Kent (1881)

Saville-Kent, W. 1880–1881. A manual of the infusoria, including a description of all known flagellate, ciliate, and tentaculiferous protozoa, British and foreign and an account of the organization and affinities of the sponges. Vol. I. London: David Bogue. BHL Reference page.

Sub-kingdom Protozoa [p. 36]

Section A. Pantostomata
- Class II. Flagellata [in part]
  - Order 11. Flagellata-Pantostomata
    - Family. IX. Heteromitidae, S. K. [p. 290]
      - Genus I. Heteromita, Dujardin
        Heteromita lens, Müller sp.
        
        Heteromita rostrata, S. K.
        
        Heteromita uncinata, S. K.
        
        Heteromita ovata, Duj.
        
        Heteromita globosa, Stein
        
        Heteromita exigua, Perty
        
        Heteromita pusilla, Perty
        
        Heteromita amyli, Cienkowski sp.
        
        Heteromita sulcata, Mereschk.
        
        Heteromita adunca, Mereschk.
        
        Heteromita cylindrica, Mereschk.
      - Genus II. Colponema, Stein
      - Genus III Spiromonas, Perty
      - Genus IV. Phyllomitus, Stein

Mylnikov & Karpov (2004)

Mylnikov, A.P. (Myl’nikov, A.P.) & Karpov, S.A. 2004. Review of diversity and taxonomy of cercomonads. Protistology 3(4): 201–217. Cyberleninka PDF Reference page.

Order Cercomonadida Poche, 1913, em. Vickerman, 1983, em. Mylnikov, 1986
- Family Heteromitidae Kent, 1880 emend. Mylnikov, 2000 (= Bodomorphidae Hollande, 1952)
  - Genus Heteromita Dujardin, 1841 emend. Mylnikov et Karpov (= Bodomorpha Hollande 1952, = Sciviamonas Ekelund et Patterson, 1997).

Howe et al. (2009)

Howe, A. T., Bass, D., Vickerman, K., Chao, E. E., & Cavalier-Smith, T. (2009). Phylogeny, taxonomy, and astounding genetic diversity of Glissomonadida ord. nov., the dominant gliding zooflagellates in soil (Protozoa: Cercozoa). Protist, 160(2), 159-189, [1].

Euglenozoa
- Heteromita Dujardin, 1841 ["originally included only two probable euglenozoans and one probably unidentifiable flagellate"]

Howe et al. (2011)

Howe, A. T., Bass, D., Chao, E. E., & Cavalier-Smith, T. (2011). New genera, species, and improved phylogeny of Glissomonadida (Cercozoa). Protist 162: 710–722.

"Strain ATCC 50378 was erroneously named Heteromita triangularis Stokes"

References

Ekelund F. and Patterson D.J. 1997. Some heterotrophic flagellates from a cultivated garden soil in Australia. Arch. Protistenk. 148, 4, 461-478