Pleuromastigaceae

Pleuromastigaceae
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Division:
Cryptophyta
Class:
Cryptophyceae
Order:
Cryptomonadales
Family:
Pleuromastigaceae

Bourrelly 1970 ex Silva 1980
Genera
  •  ?Opisthostigma
  • Pleuromastix
  • Xanthodiscus

Pleuromastigaceae is an obsolete family of cryptomonads, which included genera Monomastix, Pleuromastix, and Xanthodiscus.

Today, Monomastix is regarded as a green alga, and since 1987 Xanthodiscus is regarded as a synonym of Prorocentrum.[1][2]Pleuromastix remains unclassified as a part of any larger taxon as of 2019.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Turmel M, Gagnon MC, O'Kelly CJ, Otis C, Lemieux C (March 2009). "The chloroplast genomes of the green algae Pyramimonas, Monomastix, and Pycnococcus shed new light on the evolutionary history of prasinophytes and the origin of the secondary chloroplasts of euglenids". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 26 (3): 631–48. doi:10.1093/molbev/msn285. PMID 19074760.
  2. ↑ Croome RL, Tyler PA (1987). "Prorocentrum playfairi and Prorocentrum foveolata, two New Dinoflagellates from Australian Freshwaters". British Phycological Journal. 22: 67–75. doi:10.1080/00071618700650091.
  3. ↑ Adl, Sina M.; Bass, David; Lane, Christopher E.; Lukeš, Julius; Schoch, Conrad L.; Smirnov, Alexey; Agatha, Sabine; Berney, Cedric; Brown, Matthew W. (2019). "Revisions to the Classification, Nomenclature, and Diversity of Eukaryotes". Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 66 (1): 90. doi:10.1111/jeu.12691. PMC 6492006. PMID 30257078.


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