Monas (heterokont)

Monas
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: Sar
Clade: Stramenopiles
Phylum: Ochrophyta
Class: Chrysophyceae
Order: Chromulinales
Family: Chromulinaceae
Genus: Monas
O.F. Müller, 1773

Monas is a genus of Chrysophyceae, described by Otto Friedrich Müller in 1773 as a group of Infusoria. Throughout time, it represented an aggregate genus.