Acanthoecidae
Appearance
Acanthoecidae | |
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Stephanoeca diplocostata taken under bright field at x100 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Class: | Choanoflagellatea |
Order: | Acanthoecida |
Family: | Acanthoecidae Norris, 1965 |
Genera | |
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Acanthoecidae is a family of choanoflagellates.[1] Its subgroups Diaphanoeca and Stephanoeca bear lorica composed of silica which possibly originate from diatoms via Horizontal gene transfer.[2]
Genera
[edit]Acanthocorbis - Acanthoeca - Amoenoscopa - Apheloecion - Bicosta - Calliacantha - Calotheca - Campyloacantha - Conion - Cosmoeca - Crinolina - Crucispina - Diaphanoeca - Diplotheca - Kakoeca - Monocosta - Nannoeca - Parvicorbicula - Platypleura - Pleurasiga - Polyfibula - Polyoeca - Saepicula - Saroeca - Savillea - Spiraloecion - Stephanacantha - Stephanoeca - Syndetophyllum
References
[edit]- ^ "Taxonomy: Acanthoecidae". UniProt. Retrieved 8 March 2009.
- ^ Marron AO, Alston MJ, Heavens D, Akam M, Caccamo M, Holland PW, Walker G (April 2013). "A family of diatom-like silicon transporters in the siliceous loricate choanoflagellates". Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 280 (1756): 20122543. doi:10.1098/rspb.2012.2543. PMC 3574361. PMID 23407828.
External links
[edit]Data related to Acanthoecidae at Wikispecies