What is Malawimonad?
{{no sources}} '''Malawimonada''' (order '''Malawimonadida''') is a [[phylum]] of [[microorganism]]s. They occupy a [[Basal group|basal position]] in the evolutionary tree of [[eukaryotes]]. ==Description== Malawimonada is a group of [[flagellum|biflagellate]], [[free-living]] protozoans in [[freshwater]] or [[soil]]. ==Phylogeny== The malawimonads are similar to<!-- the--> ancyromonads. (The [[diagram]] below, starts on the left side.) There is no [[consensus]] about where [[Metamonada]] belongs (or should be) on the diagram. {{Clade |label1=[[Eukaryota]] |1={{Clade |label1=Diphoda/[[Bikonta]] |1={{Clade |1={{Clade |1=[[Diaphoretickes]]/Corticata[[File:Glaucophyte.jpg|60 px]] |2=[[Hemimastigophora]][[File:Hemimastix_amphikineta.png|60 px]] }} |label2=[[Excavata]] |2={{Clade |1=[[Discoba]][[File:Euglena_sp.jpg|60 px]] |2=?<!--[[Metamonada]]?[[File:Giardia_lamblia.jpg|60 px]]--> }} }} |2=?<!--[[Metamonada]]?[[File:Giardia_lamblia.jpg|60 px]]--> |label3=[[Unikonta]] |3={{Clade |1='''Malawimonada'''[[File:Malawimonas.jpg|60 px]] |2={{Clade |1=[[Ancyromonada]][[File:Ancyromonas.png|60 px]] |label2=[[Podiata]] |2={{Clade |1=[[CRuMs]][[File:Collodictyon_pseudopodoa_(extracted).jpg|60 px]] |label2=[[Amorphea]] |2={{Clade |1=[[Amoebozoa]][[File:Amoeba_proteus_with_many_pseudopodia.jpg|60 px]] |2=[[Obazoa]]/Crown-group amorphea[[File:Cronoflagelado2.jpg|60 px]] }} }} }} }} }} }} ==Related pages== *[[Eukaryota]], the much larger group in which this group is contained. ==Other websites== {{commons}} {{wikispecies}} {{taxonbar|from1=Q21224386|from2=Q21224392}} [[Category:Eukaryotes]] {{biology-stub}}