Raphidiophryidae

Family of single-celled organisms

Raphidiophryidae
Raphidiophrys contractilis
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
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. PMID 22153838.
  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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Archaea
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Eukaryota
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Cryptista
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Katablepharidophyta
Katablepharidea
Katablepharida
Cryptophyta
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Goniomonadida
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Nebulidida
Nibbleridia
Nibbleridea
Nibbleridida
  • Nibbleridae
Haptista
Centroheliozoa
Centrohelea
  • Spiculophryidae
Chthonida
Acanthocystida
  • Acanthocystidae
  • Marophryidae
  • Raphidocystidae
Pterocystida
  • Choanocystidae
  • Clypiferidae
  • Heterophryidae
  • Oxnerellidae
  • Pterocystidae
  • Raphidiophryidae
Haptophyta
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Pavlomulinales
  • Pavlomulinaceae
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  • Alisphaeraceae
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  • coccolithophores
  • Papposphaeraceae
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Phaeocystales
  • Phaeocystaceae
Prymnesiophycidae
Prymnesiales
Calcihaptophycidae
Coccolithales
  • Calcidiscaceae
  • Coccolithaceae
  • Hymenomonadaceae
  • Reticulosphaeraceae
  • Pleurochrysidaceae
Isochrysidales
Syracosphaerales
Zygodiscales
  • Helicosphaeraceae
  • Pontosphaeraceae
  • †Zygodiscaceae
Taxon identifiers
Raphidiophryidae