Kaonashia
| Kaonashia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Family: | Kaonashiidae Weston, Eglit & Simpson 2023 |
| Genus: | Kaonashia Weston, Eglit & Simpson 2023 |
| Species: | K. insperata |
| Binomial name | |
| Kaonashia insperata Weston, Eglit & Simpson 2023 | |
Kaonashia insperata is a species of single-celled phagotrophic stramenopiles. Described in 2023 from flagellates found in a soda lake, it is the sole species within the genus Kaonashia and family Kaonashiidae. Cells of this organism have cortical alveoli, extrusomes, a ventral groove, a short anterior flagellum covered in mastigonemes, and a longer posterior flagellum covered in thinner hairs. The cells are most similar to those found in developayellids, but a molecular phylogenetic analysis found no well-supported affinity to any specific stramenopile group.