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Eopharyngia Retortamonadida Diplomonadida Carpediemonas Parabasalia Anaeromonadida Oxymonadida Trimastix
The metamonads are a large group of anaerobic, occurring mostly as symbiotes of animals.
A number of parabasalids and oxymonads are found in termite guts, and play an important role in breaking down the cellulose found in wood. Some other metamonads are parasites.
These flagellates are unusual in lacking hydrogenosomes, which produce hydrogen, and small structures called mitosomes.
All of these groups are united by having flagella or basal bodies in characteristic groups of four, which are often associated with the nucleus, forming a structure called a karyomastigont. In addition, the genera Carpediemonas and Trimastix are now known to be close relatives of the retortamonad-diplomonad line and the oxymonads, respectively. Both are free-living and amitochondriate.
The metamonads make up part of the excavates, a eukaryotic supergroup including flagellates with feeding grooves and their close relatives. Their relationships are uncertain,[1] and they do not always appear together on molecular trees. It is possible that the metamonads as defined here do not form a monophyletic subgroup.
Percolozoa, Metamonad, Loukozoa, Giardia lamblia, Taxonomy (biology)
Euglenozoa, Percolozoa, Eukaryote, Amoebozoa, Loukozoa
Excavata, Percolozoa, Biological classification, Protozoan infection, Trichozoa
Biological classification, Eukaryote, Excavata, Metamonad, Excavata
Percolozoa, Diplomonad, Giardia, Loukozoa, Taxonomy (biology)