Thaumatomastix
| Thaumatomastix | |
|---|---|
| Thaumatomastix sp. (fig. 18-19) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Rhizaria |
| Phylum: | Cercozoa |
| Class: | Imbricatea |
| Order: | Thaumatomonadida |
| Family: | Thaumatomastigidae |
| Genus: | Thaumatomastix Lauterborn, 1899 |
| Type species | |
| Thaumatomastix setifera (Lauterborn 1896) Lemmermann 1908 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Thaumatomastix is a protist genus of the order Thaumatomonadida, within the phylum Cercozoa and the class Imbricatea. Its species are aquatic, feeding on algae and appearing in waters of a wide range of temperatures and salinities, and are 15-50 micrometers long. They can interchange between flagellated and amoeboid forms, and are notable for being covered in both spiny and flattened siliceous scales.