Provora: tiny predators that have been evolving separately for millions of years(salon.com)
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Provora: tiny predators that have been evolving separately for millions of years
https://www.salon.com/2022/12/10/nibblerids-provora-new-branch-on-tree-of-life/
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Awwww, lil nibblers!!!
So traditionally, the eukaryotes are organized into Fungi, Plants, and Animals plus Protists which are basically a waste bin taxon for everything else, so it's not surprising at all that there is going to be some radically divergent groups in there.
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We should do this in Florida. Seems I read about occasional frosts killing oranges
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provora
The Provora supergroup is genetically, morphologically and behaviourally distinct from other eukaryotes, and comprises two divergent clades of predators—Nebulidia and Nibbleridia—that are superficially similar to each other, but differ fundamentally in ultrastructure, behaviour and gene content. These predators are globally distributed in marine and freshwater environments, but are numerically rare and have consequently been overlooked by molecular-diversity surveys.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05511-5?error=coo...