Geminigeraceae
Geminigeraceae |
Scientific classification |
Kingdom: |
Chromalveolata |
Phylum: |
Cryptophyta |
Class: |
Cryptophyceae |
Order: |
Pyrenomonadales |
Family: |
Geminigeraceae B. L. Clay, P. Kugrens & R. E. Lee, 1999 |
Species |
- Geminigera cryophila
- Guillardia theta
- Hanusia phi
- Proteomonas pseudobaltica
- Proteomonas sulcata
- Teleaulax acuta
- Teleaulax amphioxeia
- Teleaulax merimbula
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Geminigeraceae is a family of cryptophytes containing the five genera Geminigera, Guillardia, Hanusia, Proteomonas and Teleaulax.[1] They are characterised by chloroplasts containing Cr-phycoerythrin 545, and an inner periplast component (IPC) comprising "a sheet or a sheet and multiple plates if diplomorphic". The nucleomorphs are never in the pyrenoid, and there is never a scalariform furrow. The cells do, however, have a long, keeled rhizostyle with lamellae (wings).[1]
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