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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Chromista |
Phylum: | Cryptophyta |
Class: | Cryptophyceae |
Order: | Pyrenomonadales |
Family: | Chroomonadaceae Clay, Cugrens & Lee 1999 |
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Chroomonadaceae is a family of cryptomonads first recognized by Clay et al in 1999 as including genera Chroomonas, Falcomonas, and Komma.[1] Following a molecular phylogenic study in 2002, Hemiselmis was also placed within the Chroomonadaceae.[2] Today, the family is generally recognized as sister to the Pyrenomonadaceae.
They are one of only two groups of cryptomonads (alongside Rhinomonas) to lack a rhizostyle. They are also distinguished by the lack of a cleavage furrow and the presence of several phycocyanins and phycoerythrins not observed in any other cryptomonad taxa.[3]
Taxonomy
Laza-Martinez, 2012[3]
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References
- ↑ Clay, Brec; Kugrens, Paul; Lee, Robert (October 1999). "A revised classification of Cryptophyta". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 131 (2): 131–151. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1999.tb01845.x – via Oxford Academic.
- ↑ Deane, et al. (2002), "Cryptomonad Evolution: Nuclear 18S rDNA phylogeny versus cell morphology and pigmentation", Journal of Phycology, 38 (6): 1236–1244, doi:10.1046/j.1529-8817.2002.01250.x
- 1 2 Laza-Martinez A (2012), "Urgorri Complanatus Gen. Et Sp. Nov. (Cryptophyceae) A Red-Tide-Forming Species in Brackish Waters", Journal of Phycology, 48: 423–435, doi:10.1111/j.1529-8817.2012.01130.x