Description of a new freshwater species of Thaumatomastix (Protista, Thaumatomonadida) from Nigeria, West Africa

Abstract

Thaumatomastix (Protista, Thaumatomonadida) is a free swimming heterotrophic genus sporadically reported from both marine and freshwater habitats. The genus at present comprises fourteen species none of which have been reported from Africa. We describe a new freshwater species from Nigeria, Thaumatomastix nigeriensis, using TEM.