Tetragonidiaceae

Family of algae

Tetragonidiaceae
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
(unranked):
Hacrobia
(unranked):
Cryptista
Phylum:
Cryptophyta
Class:
Cryptophyceae
Order:
Tetragonidiales
Family:
Tetragonidiaceae

Bourrelly ex Silva 1980
Genera
  • Bjornbergiella
  • Tetragonidium

Tetragonidiaceae is a family of cryptomonads which includes two genera. Members of Tetragonidiaceae are distinguished from other cryptomonads by reproduction occurring in a non-motile vegetative phase, as well as the formation of multicellular filaments unlike any other cryptomonad family.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Novarino and Lucas (1993), "Some proposals for a new classification system of the Cryptophyceae", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 111 (1): 3–21, doi:10.1006/bojl.1993.1002
  2. ^ Bicudo (1965), "Bjornbergiella, a New Genus of Cryptophyceae from Hawaiian Soil", Phycologia, 5 (4): 217–221, doi:10.2216/i0031-8884-5-4-217.1
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Eukaryota: Hacrobia(?): Cryptista
Domain
Archaea
Bacteria
Eukaryota
(major groups
Excavata
Diaphoretickes
Hacrobia
Rhizaria
Alveolata
Stramenopiles
Plants
Amorphea
Amoebozoa
Opisthokonta
Animals
Fungi)
Corbihelia(?)
Endohelea
Microhelida
  • Microheliellidae
    • Microheliella
Heliomonadida
  • Heliomorphidae
    • Heliomorpha
Corbistoma
Picomonadea
Picomonadida
Telonemea
Telonemida
Cryptista
(sensu stricto)
Palpitia
Palpitea
Palpitomonadida
Rollomonadia
Katablepharidea
Cryptomonada
Goniomonadea
Goniomonadida
Hemiarmida
Cryptophyceae
CRY1
  • CRY1
Cryptomonadales
(sensu Shalchian-Tabrizi
et al 2008)
Tetragonidiales
Tetragonidiaceae
Bjornbergiella, Tetragonidium
Cryptomonadales
(sensu Novarino
1993)
Butschliellaceae
Butschliella, Skvortzoviella
Cryptochrysidaceae
Cyathomonadaceae
Cyathomonas
Hilleaceae
Calkinsiella, Hillea
Pleuromastigaceae
Pleuromastix, Xanthodiscus
Cryptomonadaceae
Chilomonas, Cryptella, Cryptochloris, Cryptomonas, Cyanomastix, Isoselmis, Kisselevia, Meyeriella, Olivamonas, Protocryptomonas
Pyrenomonadales
Baffinellaceae
Baffinella
Chroomonadaceae
Chroomonas, Falcomonas, Hemiselmis, Komma, Nodeana, Planonephros, Protochrysis, Smithimastix
Geminigeraceae
Pyrenomonadaceae
Taxon identifiers
Tetragonidiaceae