Tsukubea

Tsukubea is a monotypic class of excavates that contains a single species, Tsukubamonas globosa Yabuki et al. 2011.[1][2] T. glovosa is a free-living flagellate that was isolated from a pond in the University of Tsukuba, Japan.[1]

Tsukubea
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
(unranked):
Excavata
Class:
Tsukubea Cavalier-Smith 2013
Order:
Tsukubamonadida Yabuki et al. 2011
Family:
Tsukubamonadidae Yabuki et al. 2011
Genus:
Tsukubamonas Yabuki et al. 2011
Species:
T. globosa
Binomial name
Tsukubamonas globosa
Yabuki et al. 2011

Structure

Presence of nucleus, endoplasmic reticulum, vesicles, food vacuole, mitochondria with tubular cristae, two flagellated basal bodies and two unflagellated basal bodies, three major microtubular roots, four major fibers, one Microtubule organizing center (MTOC), several internal microtubules and absence of Golgi apparatus.[1]

References
  1. Yabuki, Akinori; Nakayama, Takeshi; Yubuki, Naoji; Hashimoto, Tetsuo; Ishida, Ken-Ichiro; Inagaki, Yuji (July 2011). "Tsukubamonas globosa n. gen., n. sp., A Novel Excavate Flagellate Possibly Holding a Key for the Early Evolution in "Discoba": TSUKUBAMONAS GLOBOSA N. G., N. SP". Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 58 (4): 319–331. doi:10.1111/j.1550-7408.2011.00552.x. PMID 21569159.
  2. CAVALIER-SMITH, Thomas (2013). "Early evolution of eukaryote feeding modes, cell structural diversity, and classification of the protozoan phyla Loukozoa, Sulcozoa, and Choanozoa". European Journal of Protistology [online]. 49 (2): 115–178. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2012.06.001. ISSN 0932-4739. PMID 23085100.
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