Picophagea | |
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Chlamydomyxa montana | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Clade: | Stramenopiles |
Phylum: | Gyrista |
Subphylum: | Ochrophytina |
Superclass: | Limnistia |
Class: | Picophagea Cavalier-Smith 2006 emend. 2017 [1] |
Orders | |
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Synonyms | |
Synchromophyceae S.Horn & C.Wilhelm 2007[2] |
Picophagea, also known as Synchromophyceae, is a class of photosynthetic stramenopiles.[1][3][4] The chloroplast of the Synchromophyceae are surrounded by two membranes and arranged in a way where they share the outer pair of membranes. The entire chloroplast complex is surrounded by an additional two outer membranes.[2]
Synchromophyceae or Picophagea is a clade within the Ochrophyta that contains a few genera of amoeboid organisms such as the mixotrophic Synchromonas and the heterotrophic Chlamydomyxa, Leukarachnion and Picophagus.[5] It is phylogenetically close to the classes Chrysophyceae and Eustigmatophyceae, within the SII clade.[6]
Ochrophyta |
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According to AlgaeBase, the class contains only two genera:[7]
However, the latest revision recognizes an additional four genera: Chrysopodocystis, Guanochroma, Leukarachnion and Picophagus.[1]