Proterospongia is a genus of single-celled aquatic organisms which form colonies. It belongs to the choanoflagellate class. As a colony-forming choanoflagellate, Proterospongia is of interest to scientists studying the mechanisms of intercellular signaling and adhesion present before animals appeared.[1][2]
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Proterospongia is a genus of single-celled aquatic organisms which form colonies. It belongs to the choanoflagellate class. As a colony-forming choanoflagellate...
ISBN 978-0-618-61916-0 "Proterospongia is a rare freshwater protist, a colonial member of the Choanoflagellata." "Proterospongia itself is not the ancestor...
canals. Despite these minor differences, there is strong evidence that Proterospongia and Metazoa are highly related.[citation needed] Its genome has been...
elucidated.[citation needed] A number of species, such as those in the genus Proterospongia, form simple colonies, planktonic clumps that resemble a miniature cluster...
the 19th century about their relatedness to sponges. The mysterious Proterospongia is an example of a colonial choanoflagellate that was thought to be...
species and reproduce by simple division. (also known as Choanoflagellate Proterospongia) The choanoflagellate Salpingoeca rosetta is a rare freshwater eukaryote...
Desmarella Kent 1880-1882 Kentrosiga Schiller 1953 Monosiga Kent 1880-1882 Proterospongia Kent 1882 Sphaeroeca Lauterborn 1894 non Meyrick 1895 Stylochromonas...
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