Nibblerid

Nibblerid
Drawing of Ubysseya fretuma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Disparia
Clade:	Provora
Phylum:	Nibbleridia Tikhonenkov et al. 2022
Class:	Nibbleridea Tikhonenkov et al. 2022
Order:	Nibbleridida Tikhonenkov et al. 2022
Family:	Nibbleridae Tikhonenkov et al. 2022
Type genus
Nibbleromonas Tikhonenkov et al. 2022
Genera
Ubysseya Nibbleromonas

Nibbleridia is a phylum of predatory microbial eukaryotes in the supergroup Provora. Known as nibblerids, the group contains the class Nibbleridea, order Nibbleridida, family Nibbleridae, and genera Ubysseya and Nibbleromonas.

Taxonomy

The phylogenetic relationships between the six described species of Nibbleridia are represented by the following:

Nibbleridia	Ubysseya U. fretuma Nibbleromonas N. arcticus N. piranha N. kosolapovi N. curacaus N. quarantinus

References

Bibliography

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