Cafeteriaceae
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Cafeteria roenbergensis |
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| Cafeteriaceae | ||||||||||||
| Moestrup |
The Cafeteriaceae are a family of flagellates from the stramenopile group . The family includes around ten species in four genera . All species of the family live as part of the phytoplankton in the ocean.
features
The representatives are unicellular flagellates of the bicosoecida group , which are characterized by the lack of a lorica (goblet-like cell envelope).
Systematics
The family was described as Cafeteriaceae according to the ICBN , a description according to the ICZN as Cafeteriidae was not published.
proof
- FA Bisby, YR Roskov, MA Ruggiero, TM Orrell, LE Paglinawan, PW Brewer, N Bailly, J van Hertum, (Eds.): Species 2000 & ITIS Catalog of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. , Species 2000: Reading, UK, 2007, accessed March 4, 2008, ( Retrieved online March 1, 2013).