Morphological and Molecular Diversity of the Monocercomonadid Genera Monocercomonas, Hexamastix, and Honigbergiella gen. nov.

Abstract

Morphological study of genera that, although classified into a single family, represent unrelated lineages. Description of a new genus Honigbergiella and species Hexamastix mitis.

Keywords

• Hexamastix
• Honigbergiella
• Monocercomonas
• morphology
• phylogeny
• ultrastructure
• ribosomal-RNA sequences
• phylogenetic position
• parabasalian symbionts
• order trichomonadida
• ultrastructure
• trichonympha
• emphasis
• protists
• evolutionary
• kirby