Bicosoecida
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Cafeteria roenbergensis |
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| Bicosoecida | ||||||||||||
| Grassé , 1926, emend. Karpov, 1998 |
The bicosoecida are a group of flagellates within the stramenopiles .
They are single-celled organisms that live individually or in colonies. Three-part mastigonemen are present or absent. Plastids are absent. They feed phagotrophically via cytostomes (cell mouths). These are supported by broad microtubule roots. Some species have a Lorica .
The species live predominantly on the bottom of bodies of water, they often attach themselves to the substrate with the rear flagellum .
Systematics
The group belongs to the stramenopiles due to their heterocontact flagellation . The Bicosoecida include the following genera:
literature
- Sina M. Adl, Alastair GB Simpson, Mark A. Farmer, Robert A. Andersen, O. Roger Anderson, John A. Barta, Samual S. Bowser, Guy Bragerolle, Robert A. Fensome, Suzanne Fredericq, Timothy Y. James, Sergei Karpov, Paul Kugrens, John Krug, Christopher E. Lane, Louise A. Lewis, Jean Lodge, Denis H. Lynn, David G. Mann, Richard M. McCourt, Leonel Mendoza, Øjvind Moestrup, Sharon E. Mozley-Standridge, Thomas A. Nerad, Carol A. Shearer, Alexey V. Smirnov, Frederick W. Spiegel, Max FJR Taylor: The New Higher Level Classification of Eukaryotes with Emphasis on the Taxonomy of Protists. The Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 52 (5), 2005; Pages 399-451. doi : 10.1111 / j.1550-7408.2005.00053.x .
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