Craspedida
| Craspedida | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Class: | Choanoflagellatea |
| Order: | Craspedida Cavalier-Smith, 1997, emend. Nitsche et al. 2011 |
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Craspedida is an order of choanoflagellate, with members with an exclusively organic covering.
Craspedid genera
Salpingoeca rosetta
S. rosetta has been named for the rosette-shaped colonies formed by its cells. Recent studies show a bacterial sulfonolipid, called rosette inducing factor (RIF-1) produced by Algoriphagus machipongonensis triggers colony formation in S. rosetta.
References
- Extended phylogeny of the Craspedida (Choanomonada). Alexandra Jeuck, Hartmut Arndt and Frank Nitsche, European Journal of Protistology, Volume 50, Issue 4, August 2014, Pages 430–443, doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2014.06.001
External links
Media related to Craspedida at Wikimedia Commons- 'Craspedida at the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
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