Craspedida

Craspedida is an order of choanoflagellate, with members with an exclusively organic covering.

Craspedida
phase contrast image of Monosiga brevicollis
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
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(unranked):
Class:
Order:
Craspedida

Cavalier-Smith, 1997, emend. Nitsche et al. 2011
Families

Craspedid Genera

Astrosiga

TBA

Aulomonas

TBA

Choanoeca

TBA

Cladospongia

TBA

Codonocladium

TBA

Codonodesmus

TBA

Codonoeca

TBA

Codonosiga

TBA

Codonosigopsis

TBA

Codosiga

TBA

Desmarella

TBA

Dicraspedella

TBA

Diploeca

TBA

Diplosiga

TBA

Diplosigopsis

TBA

Hartaetosiga

TBA

Kentia

TBA

Kentrosiga

TBA

Lagenoeca

TBA

Microstomoeca

TBA

Monosiga

TBA

Mylnosiga

TBA

Pachysoeca

TBA

Paramonosiga

TBA

Proterospongia

TBA

Protospongia

TBA

Salpingoeca

TBA

Salpingoeca rosetta

S. rosetta has been named for the rosette-shaped colonies formed by its cells. Recent studies show a bacterial sulfonolipid, called rosette inducing factor (RIF-1) produced by Algoriphagus machipongonensis triggers colony formation in S. rosetta.

References

    • Extended phylogeny of the Craspedida (Choanomonada). Alexandra Jeuck, Hartmut Arndt and Frank Nitsche, European Journal of Protistology, Volume 50, Issue 4, August 2014, Pages 430–443, doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2014.06.001
    • Media related to Craspedida at Wikimedia Commons
    • 'Craspedida at the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)


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