Tetramitia is one of the two major subphyla within the protist phylum Heterolobosea (the other is Pharyngomonada).[1][2]
Taxonomy
This subphylum is a member of Heterolobosea that contains many different groups:[2]
- Acrastidae
- Creneidae
- Euplaesiobystra
- Eutetramitea[1]
- Fumarolamoeba
- Gruberellidae
- Heteraomeba
- Naegleria
- Neovahlkampfiidae
- Percolomonadidae
- Psalteriomonadidae
- Selenaionea[1]
- Stephanopogonidae
- Tetramitus
- Tulamoebidae
Phylogeny
The phylogeny seen below is mainly based on this paper (see also a second paper). Tetramitia is divided into two major groups, Selenaionea and Eutetramitea. This first clade contains Neovahlkampfiida, Selenaionida, Gruberellidae and Euplaesiobystra. The second clade contains Neagleria, Percolomonadidae, Psalteriomonadidae, Creneidae, Lyromonadida and etc.
References
- ^ a b c “Tetramitia”. WoRMS – World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2026-03-11.
- ^ a b Zhang, Hanwen; He, Qing; Jiang, Xiaoying; Wang, Hongxia; Wang, Yulu; Ma, Mingyang; Hu, Qiang; Gong, Yingchun (2023-06-28). “A New Algivorous Heterolobosean Amoeba, Euplaesiobystra perlucida sp. nov. (Tetramitia, Discoba), Isolated from Pilot-Scale Cultures of Phaeodactylum tricornutum“. Microbiology Spectrum. 11 (4) e00817-23. doi:10.1128/spectrum.00817-23. PMC 10434026. PMID 37378530.