Tetragonidiaceae
| Tetragonidiaceae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Pancryptista |
| Phylum: | Cryptista |
| Subphylum: | Rollomonadia |
| Superclass: | Cryptomonada |
| Class: | Cryptophyceae |
| Order: | |
| Family: | Bourrelly ex Silva 1980 |
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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
- ^ 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
- ^ 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