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Stephanopogon minuta

Naoji Yubuki and Brian S. Leander
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Containing group: Stephanopogon

Introduction

Stephanopogon minuta feeds on small diatoms and has been reported from marine habitats in China (Lei et al 1999) and the west coast of Canada (Yubuki and Leander 2008). This species has been described at both the ultrastructural and molecular phylogenetic levels (Yubuki and Leander 2008).

Molecular phylogenetic analyses of small subunit ribosomal RNA gene sequence show that S. minuta is closely related to the tetraflagellate Percolomonas cosmopolitus within the Heterolobosea.

Characteristics

Although S. minuta is one of three different species of Stephanopogon that possess three anterior barbs, S. minuta can be distinguished from the others based on the relative size and the number of the longitudinal rows of flagella on the ventral side of the cell.

References

Lei, Y., Xu, K. and Song, W. 1999. Two new species, Stephanopogon minuta n. sp. and S. paramesnili n. sp. from mariculture waters. J. Fish. Sci. China 6:25-28.

Yubuki, N. and Leander, B. S. 2008. Ultrastructure and molecular phylogeny of Stephanopogon minuta: an enigmatic microeukaryote from marine interstitial environments. Europ. J. Protistol. 44 (in press).

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Scientific Name Stephanopogon minuta
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By Naoji Yubuki
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Scientific Name Stephanopogon minuta
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By Naoji Yubuki
Copyright © Naoji Yubuki and Brian Leander
Scientific Name Stephanopogon minuta
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By Naoji Yubuki
Copyright ©
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This page is being developed as part of the Tree of Life Web Project Protist Diversity Workshop, co-sponsored by the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) program in Integrated Microbial Biodiversity and the Tula Foundation.


The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Brian S. Leander
The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Yubuki, Naoji and Brian S. Leander. 2008. Stephanopogon minuta. Version 23 September 2008 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Stephanopogon_minuta/129961/2008.09.23 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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