Read the preprint here: www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
A rhizarian genome reveals an osmotrophic route to extracellular digestion in eukaryotes
Rhizaria, one of the most species-rich and ecologically important eukaryotic supergroups, accommodates a newly discovered osmotrophic species, yet high-quality genomic resources remain scarce, limitin...
www.biorxiv.org
July 22, 2026 at 7:54 AM
Read the preprint here: www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/...
The kelp kingdom (Harosa) has 3 major branches:
Rhizaria ("root"): amoebas w/ microtubules in their pods
Stramenopiles ("straw hair"): big seaweeds + diatoms, water molds
Alveolates ("honeycombs"): mostly unicellular algae w/ a kind of puffy jacket of flat bags. Some have evolved parasitism
(1/2)
Rhizaria ("root"): amoebas w/ microtubules in their pods
Stramenopiles ("straw hair"): big seaweeds + diatoms, water molds
Alveolates ("honeycombs"): mostly unicellular algae w/ a kind of puffy jacket of flat bags. Some have evolved parasitism
(1/2)
July 15, 2026 at 12:18 PM
The kelp kingdom (Harosa) has 3 major branches:
Rhizaria ("root"): amoebas w/ microtubules in their pods
Stramenopiles ("straw hair"): big seaweeds + diatoms, water molds
Alveolates ("honeycombs"): mostly unicellular algae w/ a kind of puffy jacket of flat bags. Some have evolved parasitism
(1/2)
Rhizaria ("root"): amoebas w/ microtubules in their pods
Stramenopiles ("straw hair"): big seaweeds + diatoms, water molds
Alveolates ("honeycombs"): mostly unicellular algae w/ a kind of puffy jacket of flat bags. Some have evolved parasitism
(1/2)
I also beat the TaeniaStella Alpha bosses today, finally fulfilling my dream of becoming an awakened transdimensional parasitic human-radiolarian monstrosity. Ä̴̫̲́̑̉ẘ̸̹̫̜͇̽ö̵͔̺̣́͗̂ơ̶̳̘̟̽͝o̵̖͛̓̈́o̵̺̼̗̿̿͠!̶͙̃̾̏͠
June 10, 2026 at 6:35 PM
I also beat the TaeniaStella Alpha bosses today, finally fulfilling my dream of becoming an awakened transdimensional parasitic human-radiolarian monstrosity. Ä̴̫̲́̑̉ẘ̸̹̫̜͇̽ö̵͔̺̣́͗̂ơ̶̳̘̟̽͝o̵̖͛̓̈́o̵̺̼̗̿̿͠!̶͙̃̾̏͠
Specifically they are Amoebozoa. Protists are not an evolutionary, morphological, or ecological group like Fungi, Animals, or Amoebozoa.
Amoebas are not an evolutionary group either; rootlike amoebas more closely related to kelp & plants are mostly concentrated in Rhizaria in the Kelp Kingdom!
Amoebas are not an evolutionary group either; rootlike amoebas more closely related to kelp & plants are mostly concentrated in Rhizaria in the Kelp Kingdom!
June 5, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Specifically they are Amoebozoa. Protists are not an evolutionary, morphological, or ecological group like Fungi, Animals, or Amoebozoa.
Amoebas are not an evolutionary group either; rootlike amoebas more closely related to kelp & plants are mostly concentrated in Rhizaria in the Kelp Kingdom!
Amoebas are not an evolutionary group either; rootlike amoebas more closely related to kelp & plants are mostly concentrated in Rhizaria in the Kelp Kingdom!
(Retariaと一緒にRhizariaに分類されてるやつらですね)
May 22, 2026 at 2:47 AM
(Retariaと一緒にRhizariaに分類されてるやつらですね)
April 27, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Well, that one is foraminifera. It's category hasn't changed! "Rhizaria" is the big group name and "Rhizaria" includes foraminifera, radiolarians, and phaeodarians. The part that gets people confused is that phaeodarians used to be part of the radiolarian group. Now they are not.
April 22, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Well, that one is foraminifera. It's category hasn't changed! "Rhizaria" is the big group name and "Rhizaria" includes foraminifera, radiolarians, and phaeodarians. The part that gets people confused is that phaeodarians used to be part of the radiolarian group. Now they are not.
For 3 yrs they called these radilolaria, then last expedition foraminifera, & now they keep switching between rhizaria & phaeodarian so idk what to say. @cadurkin.bsky.social help? 😫
@schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 905 #DesigningtheFuture3 #MarineLife
@schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 905 #DesigningtheFuture3 #MarineLife
April 20, 2026 at 8:44 PM
For 3 yrs they called these radilolaria, then last expedition foraminifera, & now they keep switching between rhizaria & phaeodarian so idk what to say. @cadurkin.bsky.social help? 😫
@schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 905 #DesigningtheFuture3 #MarineLife
@schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 905 #DesigningtheFuture3 #MarineLife
April 20, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Rounding out the weekend with Rhizaria in central square Cambridge! Pure catharsis!
April 13, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Rounding out the weekend with Rhizaria in central square Cambridge! Pure catharsis!
Scanning 29 Rhizaria species, researchers found eukaryote-to-eukaryote gene transfer is far more common and consequential than most assumed.
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.01.27.525846
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.01.27.525846
April 5, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Scanning 29 Rhizaria species, researchers found eukaryote-to-eukaryote gene transfer is far more common and consequential than most assumed.
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.01.27.525846
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.01.27.525846
In Rhizaria, 8-20% of protein-coding genes arrived via lateral transfer. Eukaryote-to-eukaryote transfers outnumber prokaryote-derived ones, and they're concentrated in nuclear/informational processes rather than the cell surface.
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.01.27.525846
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.01.27.525846
April 4, 2026 at 3:31 PM
In Rhizaria, 8-20% of protein-coding genes arrived via lateral transfer. Eukaryote-to-eukaryote transfers outnumber prokaryote-derived ones, and they're concentrated in nuclear/informational processes rather than the cell surface.
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.01.27.525846
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.01.27.525846
Rhizaria - Indulgences (VII/25/2025)
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Antifascist Progressive Black Metal / Raw Death Metal from Massachusetts & Rhode Island
rhizaria.bandcamp.com/album/indulg...
Indulgences, by Rhizaria
6 track album
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March 6, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Rhizaria - Indulgences (VII/25/2025)
Antifascist Progressive Black Metal / Raw Death Metal from Massachusetts & Rhode Island
rhizaria.bandcamp.com/album/indulg...
Antifascist Progressive Black Metal / Raw Death Metal from Massachusetts & Rhode Island
rhizaria.bandcamp.com/album/indulg...
Great to see this paper in all its glory online: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A huge effort from Gordon and the team at @pjkeelinglab.bsky.social!
Phylogenomic tree of Cercozoa based on single-cell transcriptomes from 100 uncultured cells
@ubcbotany.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca
A huge effort from Gordon and the team at @pjkeelinglab.bsky.social!
Phylogenomic tree of Cercozoa based on single-cell transcriptomes from 100 uncultured cells
@ubcbotany.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca
Phylogenomic tree of Cercozoa based on single-cell transcriptomes from 100 uncultured cells - BMC Biology
Background Cercozoa are single-celled eukaryotes (protists) and are part of the supergroup Rhizaria. Cercozoans have vastly different morphologies and are defined by their phylogenetic affinity. While...
link.springer.com
February 26, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Great to see this paper in all its glory online: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A huge effort from Gordon and the team at @pjkeelinglab.bsky.social!
Phylogenomic tree of Cercozoa based on single-cell transcriptomes from 100 uncultured cells
@ubcbotany.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca
A huge effort from Gordon and the team at @pjkeelinglab.bsky.social!
Phylogenomic tree of Cercozoa based on single-cell transcriptomes from 100 uncultured cells
@ubcbotany.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca
This fruiting was made by one single individual amoeba cell. Slime molds like this are Amoebozoans, a clade or natural evolutionary group like Plants, Animals, & Fungi. Six such clades contain all multicellular eukaryotes, with the majority of "animal-like" amoebas found in Amoebozoa
February 25, 2026 at 1:13 AM
This fruiting was made by one single individual amoeba cell. Slime molds like this are Amoebozoans, a clade or natural evolutionary group like Plants, Animals, & Fungi. Six such clades contain all multicellular eukaryotes, with the majority of "animal-like" amoebas found in Amoebozoa
Axopods are full of microtubules!
Heliozoa & most other "planty" amoebas have both actin & microtubules in their arms. "Animaly" amoebas only have actin in their arms.
Actin is kind of like muscles & MT are kind of like bones or roots, but it's not a perfect analogy
Heliozoa & most other "planty" amoebas have both actin & microtubules in their arms. "Animaly" amoebas only have actin in their arms.
Actin is kind of like muscles & MT are kind of like bones or roots, but it's not a perfect analogy
February 18, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Axopods are full of microtubules!
Heliozoa & most other "planty" amoebas have both actin & microtubules in their arms. "Animaly" amoebas only have actin in their arms.
Actin is kind of like muscles & MT are kind of like bones or roots, but it's not a perfect analogy
Heliozoa & most other "planty" amoebas have both actin & microtubules in their arms. "Animaly" amoebas only have actin in their arms.
Actin is kind of like muscles & MT are kind of like bones or roots, but it's not a perfect analogy
Next week join us at Koto in Salem, MA with Rhizaria, Gloomlurker, Ingrate, and The Dregs Liquid Lightshow!!
9PM $10 21+
9PM $10 21+
February 12, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Next week join us at Koto in Salem, MA with Rhizaria, Gloomlurker, Ingrate, and The Dregs Liquid Lightshow!!
9PM $10 21+
9PM $10 21+
...expanding taxon sampling of the environment by more than 300% and resulting in identification of multiple previously unknown major eukaryotic lineages. 2/2
Read the study: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#aquaticsymbiosis #evolution #discoveryscience #sciencephilanthropy
Read the study: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#aquaticsymbiosis #evolution #discoveryscience #sciencephilanthropy
Phylogenomic tree of Cercozoa based on single-cell transcriptomes from 100 uncultured cells - BMC Biology
Background Cercozoa are single-celled eukaryotes (protists) and are part of the supergroup Rhizaria. Cercozoans have vastly different morphologies and are defined by their phylogenetic affinity. While...
link.springer.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:15 PM
...expanding taxon sampling of the environment by more than 300% and resulting in identification of multiple previously unknown major eukaryotic lineages. 2/2
Read the study: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#aquaticsymbiosis #evolution #discoveryscience #sciencephilanthropy
Read the study: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#aquaticsymbiosis #evolution #discoveryscience #sciencephilanthropy
New study co-authored by Symbiosis in Aquatic Systems Initiative Investigator Dr. Patrick Keeling used single-cell gene expression analysis to broadly sample uncultured Cercozoa (part of the supergroup Rhizaria)... 1/2 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#aquaticsymbiosis #evolution #discoveryscience
#aquaticsymbiosis #evolution #discoveryscience
Phylogenomic tree of Cercozoa based on single-cell transcriptomes from 100 uncultured cells - BMC Biology
Background Cercozoa are single-celled eukaryotes (protists) and are part of the supergroup Rhizaria. Cercozoans have vastly different morphologies and are defined by their phylogenetic affinity. While...
link.springer.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:15 PM
New study co-authored by Symbiosis in Aquatic Systems Initiative Investigator Dr. Patrick Keeling used single-cell gene expression analysis to broadly sample uncultured Cercozoa (part of the supergroup Rhizaria)... 1/2 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#aquaticsymbiosis #evolution #discoveryscience
#aquaticsymbiosis #evolution #discoveryscience
Everything is related to amoebas because they are not a natural lineage. Some are more closely related to Plants, Fungi, Animals, etc.
Slime molds like Comatricha are a type of amoeba called an Amoebozoan, which IS a natural lineage. Most fruit by myxocarpy, a process unique to Amoebozoa.
Slime molds like Comatricha are a type of amoeba called an Amoebozoan, which IS a natural lineage. Most fruit by myxocarpy, a process unique to Amoebozoa.
February 11, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Everything is related to amoebas because they are not a natural lineage. Some are more closely related to Plants, Fungi, Animals, etc.
Slime molds like Comatricha are a type of amoeba called an Amoebozoan, which IS a natural lineage. Most fruit by myxocarpy, a process unique to Amoebozoa.
Slime molds like Comatricha are a type of amoeba called an Amoebozoan, which IS a natural lineage. Most fruit by myxocarpy, a process unique to Amoebozoa.
HAIR MADE OF STENTORS TANANANANANANA!!!!!
HAIR MADE OF STENTORS TANANANANANANA!!!!!
PARAMECIUM PANTS UP IN THE MORNING, WHEN YOU COME OUT ALONG THERE'S
STRAMENOPILE, ALVEOLATE, RHIZARIA, AMOEBOZOA
YEAH !!!
HAIR MADE OF STENTORS TANANANANANANA!!!!!
PARAMECIUM PANTS UP IN THE MORNING, WHEN YOU COME OUT ALONG THERE'S
STRAMENOPILE, ALVEOLATE, RHIZARIA, AMOEBOZOA
YEAH !!!
February 11, 2026 at 8:23 AM
HAIR MADE OF STENTORS TANANANANANANA!!!!!
HAIR MADE OF STENTORS TANANANANANANA!!!!!
PARAMECIUM PANTS UP IN THE MORNING, WHEN YOU COME OUT ALONG THERE'S
STRAMENOPILE, ALVEOLATE, RHIZARIA, AMOEBOZOA
YEAH !!!
HAIR MADE OF STENTORS TANANANANANANA!!!!!
PARAMECIUM PANTS UP IN THE MORNING, WHEN YOU COME OUT ALONG THERE'S
STRAMENOPILE, ALVEOLATE, RHIZARIA, AMOEBOZOA
YEAH !!!
Did you ever go to Koto in Salem, MA on February 20th? It’s coming up!! With Rhizaria, Gloomlurker, Ingrate, Epicenter, and The Dregs Liquid Lightshow!! BE THERE!!
February 8, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Did you ever go to Koto in Salem, MA on February 20th? It’s coming up!! With Rhizaria, Gloomlurker, Ingrate, Epicenter, and The Dregs Liquid Lightshow!! BE THERE!!
Dinopallor Comventus n. gen., n. sp., a Novel Parasitoid of Marine Dinoflagellates Representing a Sister Lineage to Seagrass Parasites and Expanding the Host Range of Phytomyxea (Rhizaria, Endomyxa) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41652077/
February 8, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Dinopallor Comventus n. gen., n. sp., a Novel Parasitoid of Marine Dinoflagellates Representing a Sister Lineage to Seagrass Parasites and Expanding the Host Range of Phytomyxea (Rhizaria, Endomyxa) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41652077/
Better than my constant typos. Foraminifera are also protist that are part of the “Rhizaria” group, so that means forams rads and phaeodarians all had a common ancestor at some poin. I think it is interesting that most of them make some type of mineral shell/structure.
February 6, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Better than my constant typos. Foraminifera are also protist that are part of the “Rhizaria” group, so that means forams rads and phaeodarians all had a common ancestor at some poin. I think it is interesting that most of them make some type of mineral shell/structure.
Rhizaria, Epicenter, Gloomlurker, & Ingrate
with visuals from Dregs Liquid Lightshow
February 20th at Koto in Salem, MA
with visuals from Dregs Liquid Lightshow
February 20th at Koto in Salem, MA
February 4, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Rhizaria, Epicenter, Gloomlurker, & Ingrate
with visuals from Dregs Liquid Lightshow
February 20th at Koto in Salem, MA
with visuals from Dregs Liquid Lightshow
February 20th at Koto in Salem, MA