Neocercomonas
| Neocercomonas | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Rhizaria |
| Phylum: | Cercozoa |
| Class: | Sarcomonadea |
| Order: | Cercomonadida |
| Family: | Cercomonadidae |
| Genus: | Neocercomonas Ekelund, Fredslund & Daugbjerg 2004 |
| Type species | |
| Neocercomonas jutlandica Ekelund, Fredslund & Daugbjerg 2004 | |
Neocercomonas is a protist genus of the order Cercomonadida. It consists of single-celled bacteriophagous organisms that usually live on or nearby terrestrial plants, both above and belowground. Species are biflagellate and may grow up to 60 micrometers long, with a trailing tail-like mass of protoplasm at their posterior end and a pair of roots connecting their posterior flagellum to the cytoskeleton.