| Acinetactis | |
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| Acinetactis mirabilis | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | SAR |
| Clade: | Rhizaria |
| Phylum: | Cercozoa |
| Class: | Sarcomonadea |
| Order: | Glissomonadida |
| Family: | Acinetactidae |
| Genus: | Acinetactis A.C. Stokes |
Acinetactis is a possible genus ofprotist first described in 1886 by A.C. Stokes, who also described the type speciesA. mirabilis.[1] In 1928, Valkanov reported the discovery of a second species,A. arnaudovii.[2] The most recently recorded specimen ofA. mirabilis was reported in 1940, noAcinetactis specimens have been reported since.[3]
The validity and classification of this genus is contested. In 1914,Adolf Pascher cast doubt onAcinetactis, suggesting that it was ajunior synonym ofDimorpha mutans.[4] Cavalier-Smith classifiedAcinetactis as aheliomonad in 1993.[5] Bass et al. suggested in 2009 that the genus was acercozoan in the classGranofilosea.[6]