Imasa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Malawimonada |
Phylum: | Malawimonada |
Class: | Malawimonadea |
Order: | Malawimonadida |
Family: | Imasidae Heiss, Simpson & Kim 2020 |
Genus: | Imasa Heiss, Simpson & Kim 2020 |
Species: | I. heleensis
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Binomial name | |
Imasa heleensis Heiss, Simpson & Kim 2020
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Type strain | |
AMNH_IZC 00343331 |
Imasa is a genus of marine flagellates containing the single species Imasa heleensis, discovered in 2020 in the Solomon Islands.[1] It is the first marine member of a basal group of eukaryotes known as Malawimonadida.[2] It is the only member of the family Imasidae.[1]