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