Stultaspidae, Shɨshkin, 2021

Shɨshkin, Yegor, 2021, Protaspaidae nom. n. (fam.) pro Protaspidae Skuja 1939 (Cryomonadida, Eothecia Thecofilosea, Filosa, Rhizaria), with Protaspa obliqua transferred to Stultaspa gen n. (Stultaspidae fam. n.) as Stultaspa obliqua comb. n. and diagnosis of the former family amended, Zootaxa 5082 (5), pp. 497-500 : 498

Stultaspidae fam n.

Diagnosis (based on Larsen & Patterson 1990; Lee 2001; Lee & Patterson 2000; Hoppenrath & Leander 2006; and Chantangsi & Leander 2009): Unicellular monads; not metabolic or sometimes metabolic; hyaline; without chromatophores (plastids), although, algae can be ingested; cells flattened, more or less roundish or oval; with two dissimilar flagella inserted subapically under the ventral tip on the ventral surface of the cell; one flagellum directed toward the anterior, the other pulling at the rear; movement is by substrate-mediated gliding; a smooth cell wall; a nucleus usually located in the anterior part of the cell; a posterior indentation present; formation of pseudopodia has not been reported at 02.12.2021.

Zoobank LSID: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:9ACB5286-3EF1-47A4-A65B-9E85DDD929B6 .

Type genus: Stultaspa gen. n.