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Carpediemonas

Carpediemonas
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): Excavata
Phylum: Metamonada
Superclass: Carpediemonadia
Cavalier-Smith
Class: Carpediemonadea
Cavalier-Smith
Order: Carpediemonadida
Cavalier-Smith
Genus: Carpediemonas
Ekebom, Patterson & Vørs, 1996 
Species: C. membranifera
Binomial name
Carpediemonas membranifera
(Larsen & Patterson, 1990) Ekebom, Patterson & Vørs, 1996

Carpediemonas is a genus of eukaryotes. The single known species, Carpediemonas membranifera, is a small flagellate that was originally isolated from anaerobic intertidal sediment. It is distantly related to diplomonads. It has been shown to have a membrane-bounded organelle reminiscent of a hydrogenosome.


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