Acrocoelus
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| Domain: | Eukaryota
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| (unranked): | Diaphoretickes
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| (unranked): | Alveolata
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| Phylum: | Miozoa
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| Genus: | Acrocoelus Fernández et al, 1999
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Fernández et al, 1999 | |
Acrocoelus is a genus of alveolates.
History[]
This genus was named in 1999 by Fernández et al.[2]
Description[]
The species in this genus are fusiform with an apical anterior concavity and a longitudinal groove. There are two anterior flagellae directed backward. The flagellae arise from parallel in a flagellar pocket.
The single nucleus has a single nucleolus.
The cell wall is a trilaminate pellicle with subpellicular microtubules and a micropore.
The cytoplasm contains a single, branched mitochondrion with tubular cristae, a supranuclear Golgi apparatus and large amounts of glycan granules.
There are three types of secretory organelles present. Type I are round and structurally complex. These may be extrusomes. The types II and III appear to be rhoptry and microneme like organelles respectively.
Taxonomy[]
The type species is Acrocoelus glossobalani Fernández et al 1999
References[]
- ^ Cavalier-Smith, T.; Chao, E.E. (2004). "Protalveolate phylogeny and systematics and the origins of Sporozoa and dinoflagellates (phylum Myzozoa nom. nov.)". European Journal of Protistology. 40 (3): 185–212. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2004.01.002.
- ^ Fernández I, Pardos F, Benito J, Arroyo NL (1999) Acrocoelus glossobalani gen. nov. et sp. nov., a protistan flagellate from the gut of the enteropneust Glossabalanus minutus. Eur J Protistol. 35 (1) 55–65
External links[]
- Apicomplexa genera