Phalansterium is a genus of single-celled flagellated organisms comprising several species, which form colonies.[1] Phalansterium produces tetraspores.[2]
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| Phalansterium digitatum (figure 8) | |
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| Order: | Hibberd, 1983 |
| Family: | Phalansteriidae Kent, 1880-1881 |
| Genus: | Phalansterium Cienkowski, 1870 |
Phalansterium is hard to classify; it has a distinctive ultrastructure of its pericentriolar material. Molecular evidence places it in the Amoebozoa.[3][4]
It has been suggested that it is similar to the ancestral eukaryote.[5]
Species
Genus Phalansterium Cienkowsky 1870
- Species Phalansterium arcticum Shmakova, Karpov & Smirnov 2018
- Species Phalansterium consociatum (Fresenius 1858) Cienkowsky 1870
- Species Phalansterium digitatum Stein 1878
- Species Phalansterium filosum Cavalier-Smith & Chao 2011
- Species Phalansterium intestinum Cienkowsky 1870
- Species Phalansterium solitarium Sandon 1924