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Cryptomonadales

Cryptomonadales is an order of cryptists containing seven families. One of the older families, Pleuromastigaceae, is no longer accepted and encompasses species now placed in other taxa.

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Cryptomonadales
Cryptomonas platyuris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Phylum: Cryptista
Superclass: Cryptomonada
Class: Cryptophyceae
Order: Cryptomonadales
Pascher, 1913
Families
Synonyms
  • Cryptomonadida Calaway & Lackey 1962
  • Eucryptomonadina Calkins 1926
  • Eucryptomonadineae Diesing 1850

Cryptomonadales is an order of cryptists containing seven families.1 One of the older families, Pleuromastigaceae, is no longer accepted and encompasses species now placed in other taxa (such as Mamiellophyceae).2

References

References

  1. Cryptomonadales. Retrieved through: Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera on 15 May 2026.
  2. Hoef-Emden, Kerstin; Melkonian, Michael (2003-10-01). "Revision of the Genus Cryptomonas (Cryptophyceae): a Combination of Molecular Phylogeny and Morphology Provides Insights into a Long-Hidden Dimorphism". Protist. 154 (3): 371–409. doi:10.1078/143446103322454130. ISSN 1434-4610.