Raphidiophryidae

Raphidiophryidae
Raphidiophrys contractilis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukarya
Class: Centrohelida
Order: Acanthocystida
Suborder: Chalarothoracina
Family: Raphidiophryidae
Mikrjukov, 1996
Genera

Raphidiophrys
Polyplacocystis

Raphidiophryidae is a family of mostly freshwater centrohelids. It is the sister family of Acanthocystidae, sharing the trait of presenting silica scales and comprising the clade Chalarothoracina.[1] Two genera, Raphidiophrys and Polyplacocystis, have been discovered so far.[2]

References

  1. Yabuki, A.; et al. (2012). "Microheliella maris (Microhelida ord. n.), an ultrastructurally highly distinctive new axopodial protist species and genus, and the unity of phylum Heliozoa.". Protist 163: 356–388. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2011.10.001.
  2. Cavalier-Smith, Thomas; Chao, Ema E. (2012). "Oxnerella micra sp. n. (Oxnerellidae fam. n.), a Tiny Naked Centrohelid, and the Diversity and Evolution of Heliozoa". Protist 163 (4): 574–601. doi:10.1016/j.protis.2011.12.005. PMID 22317961.
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