Helkesimastix

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Chromista
Subregnum: Harosa
Infraregnum: Rhizaria
Phylum: Cercozoa
Subphylum: Filosa
Superclassis: Monadofilosa
Classis: Sarcomonadea
Ordo: Pansomonadida
Superfamilia: Sainouroidea
Familia: Helkesimastigidae
Species: H. faecicola – H. major – H. marina

Name

Helkesimastix H.M.Woodcock & Lapage, Proc. Roy. Soc. London 88B: 353 (1915)

• Type species: Helkesimastix faecicola H.M.Woodcock & Lapage (1915)

References

Primary references

• Woodcock, H.M. & Lapage, G. 1915. Observations on the life-cycle of a new flagellate, Helkesimastix faecicola, n. g., n. sp.: together with remarks on the question of syngamy in the trypanosomes. Proceedings of the Royal Society (B) 88: 353–370. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1915.0001 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Cavalier-Smith, T., Lewis, R., Chao, E.E.-Y., Oates, B. & Bass, D. 2009. Helkesimastix marina n. sp. (Cercozoa: Sainouroidea superfam. n.) a gliding zooflagellate of novel ultrastructure and unusual ciliary behaviour. Protist 160(3): 452–459. DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2009.03.003 Reference page.