Notopharyngea
Class of metamonads
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The class Notopharyngea, formerly known as the BaSk clade, includes two orders of free-living anaerobic metamonads. It was identified by phylogenomic analyses as a deeply branching sister group to the Fornicata, and recently the rest of Metamonada. The extreme mitochondrial reduction observed within this free-living anaerobic protistan clade demonstrates that mitochondrial functions may be completely lost even in free-living organisms, not only parasites.[1][2]
(unranked):incertae sedis
Clade:Metamonada
Phylum:incertae sedis
Class:Notopharyngea
Shiratori et al. 2026
Shiratori et al. 2026
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| (unranked): | incertae sedis |
| Clade: | Metamonada |
| Phylum: | incertae sedis |
| Class: | Notopharyngea Shiratori et al. 2026 |
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